Event

Walking Tour: In the Footsteps of Douglass and Melville

New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park

Fee:

Free. It is free of charge

Location:

The tour will start at the park's visitor center on 33 William Street, New Bedford, MA

Repeating Event

Days:

Every week on Friday

Dates:

May 24, 2024 to October 25, 2024

Time:

10:30 AM

Duration:

1 hour

Type of Event

Guided Tour
Walk

This walking starts at 10:30 am and ends at 11:30 am


Description

Join ranger Rufai walking in the footsteps of these great eighteenth century writers.

The tour starts at the visitor center

Both Frederick Douglass and Herman Melville anchored in New Bedford in 1841.

Douglass once claims “I was now living in a new world. [I] was wide awake to its advantages.”

Melville also once claim ""The town itself is perhaps the dearest place to live in, in all New England..nowhere in all America will you find more patrician-like houses, parks and gardens more opulent, than in New Bedford…all these brave houses and flowery gardens came from the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. One and all, they were harpooned and dragged up hither from the bottom of the sea."

Reservation or Registration: No

There is no reservation or registration required.

Contact Information

Denise Delucia
508 996 4095
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