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A bronze forensic statue of Frederick Douglass who was born enslaved in Maryland, liberated himself, and became a national leader in the effort to abolish slavery in America. The statue is located in the Maryland State House room in which the 1864 Constitutional Convention was held. The Constitution of 1864 was significant because it contained a Declaration of Rights that, in its first article, abolished slavery in Maryland.

On Maryland's Frederick Douglass Driving Tour.

The former Kennard School is home to the African-American History Museum, which chronicles African-American life in Queen Anne’s County and the nation, especially during 1936-1966, when the school was open. The museum has exhibits and oral histories.

The the center includes the two historic structures on the site: the Mother Seton House and the Historic Seminary Chapel. Part of Maryland's 2020 Year of the Woman.

Fells Point was a waterfront shipbuilding and commercial business district, made famous by the Baltimore Clippers, first designed and launched from these slipways. Frederick Douglass worked as a caulker in the shipyards and planned his successful escape from slavery here in 1838.

The 1855 stone structure served as the County jail and warden’s residence. Captured fugitive slaves and free blacks jailed on suspicion of assisting others flee were imprisoned here.

On the Pennsylvania Avenue Heritage Trail. The marker describes the "Buy Where You Can Work” campaign, a boycott of Baltimore stores that refused to hire Black workers that inspired African-American demonstrations in cities across the United States.

The historic Galesville Rosenwald School operated from 1931 through 1956 to educate African-American children. It now houses a community center and hosts exhibits and events. The Hot Sox, an African-American sandlot baseball team, played here.

Doswell Brooks served as Supervisor of Colored Schools in 1922, and in 1956 was appointed as the first African-American member of the Board of Education. He also served on the Fairmount Heights Town Council and was Mayor from 1955 to 1968.