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The Statue is of Frederick Douglas, who I will admit I had not heard of, but did some research and found...

Frederick Douglass, one of history’s great abolitionists, he was born into slavery in Maryland the exact date isn’t known but it is believed it was in 1818.
After successfully escaping on his third try, Douglass rose to prominence and influence as an eloquent author, intellectual and human rights leader. He was the first African-American to hold high U.S. government ranks, as a diplomat in the Dominican Republic and Haiti, and the first to be nominated for vice president.

and from another page source

Dressed as a mariner and carrying another seaman’s protection papers, Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey boarded a train in Baltimore, Maryland in September 1838. As a slave, this escape attempt was a federal crime.

Bailey was born into slavery in Talbot County, Maryland in 1818. Later, his master leased him out as a caulker in Baltimore, where he worked on the wharves to make ships water-tight. In the 1830s, he met Anna Murray, a free woman who would aid his escape. Murray worked as a domestic servant in Baltimore; she sold a feather bed to buy Bailey's train ticket north.

At 20 years of age, Bailey traveled from Maryland to Delaware, and then to Philadelphia, before landing in New York City. In New York, Bailey sent for Murray. The two married in New York on September 15, 1838 − 12 days after Bailey had set off from Maryland. New York was a free state, but it was still not safe for the newlyweds. The couple took the name Johnson, and caught a steamer bound for Newport, Rhode Island.

Frederick and Anna Johnson landed in Newport the next morning. There, they met Quakers William C. Taber and Joseph Ricketson of New Bedford, Massachusetts. With their help, the couple boarded a stagecoach and traveled north to New Bedford. They arrived on September 17, and were welcomed by African-American abolitionists Nathan and Polly Johnson.

While in their home at 21 Seventh Street, Nathan Johnson encouraged Frederick to adopt the surname Douglass. As Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave would earn his first wages, start a family, and become an internationally-renowned speaker and abolitionist.

Infact until preparing this post I did not realize the significance of the house at 21 Seventh Street, which is right opposite the park, I did take a photo of it and must include in with the photos of the park

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The Statue was made by Richard Blake and I must say I think he did an amazing job the details are so cool

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so I will share photos from various angles to show it in detail

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right down to the hand and cane

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and a Mono shot to finish off the post

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And that’s all folks

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