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the Equal Rights Party ticket without his knowledge. During the campaign, he neither
campaigned for the ticket nor even acknowledged that he had been nominated.
Douglass spoke about race at many schools around the country throughout the
Reconstruction era, including Bates College in Lewiston, Maine in April of 1874.[1]
Later life
In 1877, Frederick Douglass purchased his final home in Washington D.C., on the banks
of the Anacostia River. He named it Cedar Hill (also spelled CedarHill). He expanded the
house from 14 to 21 rooms and included a china closet. One year later, Douglass
expanded his property to 15 acres (61,000 m²), with the purchase of adjoining lots. The
home is now the location of the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site.
After the disappointments of Reconstruction, many African Americans called Exodusters
moved to Kansas to form all-black towns. Douglass spoke out against the movement,
urging blacks to stick it out
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