August 12, 1922 – Frederick Douglas Home Dedicated As A National Memorial
One of America’s greatest orators Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey) home became a national memorial on August 12, 1922.
![By Walter Smalling for the Historic American Buildings Survey [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Frederick Douglass House](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Frederick_Douglass_House.jpg/512px-Frederick_Douglass_House.jpg)
Frederick Douglass House, 1411 W Street, Southeast, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
He was named Minister-Resident and Consul-General to Haiti on July 1, 1889. Douglass was the first African American to have a position that high in the United States Government. Born a slave, after escaping slavery Douglass became one of the world’s foremost abolitionist and human rights leaders.
![By Samuel J. Miller; American, 1822-1888 (The Art Institute of Chicago) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Frederick Douglass by Samuel J Miller, 1847-52](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/Frederick_Douglass_by_Samuel_J_Miller%2C_1847-52.jpg)
Frederick Douglass by Samuel J Miller, 1847-52