Frederick Douglass

Historical marker location:

524 South Dallas Street, Fells Point, Maryland

( Marker is on South Dallas Street, on the right when traveling south.)

Maryland was a border state during the Civil War: During the Civil War, Maryland was a border state that remained in the Union but had many sympathizers with the Confederacy. The state was strategically important because it was located between Washington D.C. and the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia.