• Frederick Douglass's Two-Day Escape North (1838)

  • Sep 5 2024
  • Length: 18 mins
  • Podcast

Frederick Douglass's Two-Day Escape North (1838)

  • Summary

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    It's September 5th. This day in 1838, Frederick Douglass makes a two-day escape from Maryland to New York City.

    Jody, Niki, and Kellie discuss how perilous Douglass's trip was, and how he was able to navigate the route from Baltimore to Delaware to Pennsylvania and finally New York.

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    Our team: Jacob Feldman, Researcher/Producer; Brittani Brown, Producer; Khawla Nakua, Transcripts; music by Teen Daze and Blue Dot Sessions; Audrey Mardavich is our Executive Producer at Radiotopia


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