In Rochester, New York, the last stop on the Underground Railroad, Frederick Douglass published the abolitionist newspaper The North Star, naming it after the icon followed by so many escaped ...
And this was one of the reasons why he wanted to start The North Star, his newspaper. [Chatelain] For Frederick Douglass, starting the North Star was critical to create a Black voice of abolition.
North Star is a musical celebration of Belfast's black community and the city's links to the 19th Century anti-slavery campaigner, Frederick Douglass. The African-American statesman was born into ...