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Experience Champaign-Urbana - Frederick Douglass' Visit to Champaign
On Monday, February 15, 1869, the famous formerly enslaved abolitionist, publisher, public speaker, and soon-to-be diplomat—Frederick Douglass—addressed an audience at Barrett Hall in Champaign, Illinois. The three-story hall was located above what was once Henry Swannell’s drug store, now One Main Plaza. The topic of his speech was Self-Made Men. Learn more at https://ccafricanamericanheritage.org/
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Documentary
Experience Champaign-Urbana - Frederick Douglass' Visit to Champaign
On Monday, February 15, 1869, the famous formerly enslaved abolitionist, publisher, public speaker, and soon-to-be diplomat—Frederick Douglass—addressed an audience at Barrett Hall in Champaign, Illinois. The three-story hall was located above what was once Henry Swannell’s drug store, now One Main Plaza. The topic of his speech was Self-Made Men. Learn more at https://ccafricanamericanheritage.org/