1817-1895
Born a slave, he was sold for $100 to Mr. Auld, he escaped in 1838. He traveled to Europe to prevent re-enslavement, and in 1847 his friends raise $700 to buy his freedom. In 1847 he moves to Rochester, and opens a print shop at the Four Corners in the Wilder Building, where he publishes a newspaper called the 'North Star'. The name was later changed to the 'Frederick Douglass Paper'. In 1857 he is so upset when he learns that his daughter is being taught separately from whites, that he gets the Rochester schools desegregated. His second home on South Ave. was a stop on the Underground Railroad (Other underground railroad stops in area were: the Humphrey House at 669 Genesee St., the Seward Seminary at 240 Alexander St., and the Warrant Homestead at 1956 W Henrietta Rd.). He lived in Rochester from 1847-1872 when his home burned. He moved to Washington DC. During his lifetime he was an editor, orator, US Marshal, Recorder of Deeds, and Minister to Haiti.
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