Frederick Douglass Driving Tour of Talbot County #TakeovertheNetwork

On September 3rd, 2022, Talbot County, Maryland's Frederick Douglass Driving Tour participated in the Network to Freedom's #TakeovertheNetwork event. See what they posted on the NPS Network to Freedom social media accounts through the day...

Feed Post: Introduction

Today, Talbot County, Maryland will #TakeovertheNetwork! Programs important to the history of Talbot County and the nation first joined the Network to Freedom in 2008... keep up with us through the day to learn about our #talbotcountymd Underground Railroad connection!

Feed Post: Frederick Douglass Self-Liberates

The “fact of some importance” about Frederick Douglass is his 1818 birth on Tuckahoe Creek in Talbot County, on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Born Frederick Bailey, he endured the slave system’s many cruelties in breaking families and crushing the spirit, and so it was on #ONTHISDAY, September 3rd, 1838, at the age of 20, he escaped from Maryland and claimed his new name.

Tuckahoe Creek is still much like it was during his time there, and is now dedicated to him as the Frederick Douglass Park on the Tuckahoe. See this and other important places important to his early life on the Frederick Douglass Driving Tour in #talbotcountymd: https://frederickdouglassbirthplace.org/driving-tour/
#birthplaceoffrederickdouglass #frederickdouglass #pastispresent #undergroundrailroadmonth #nationalparkservice #mdinfocus #TakeovertheNetwork

"It is always a fact of some importance to know where a man is born, if, indeed, it be important to know anything about him.'" ~Frederick Douglass

Talbot County Department of Economic Development and Tourism