He came to promote his memoir and campaign for the abolition of slavery in the USA.
He said about his visit that “… behold the change … Instead of the bright blue sky of America, I am covered with the soft grey fog of the Emerald Isle. I breathe, and Lo! The chattel becomes a man.”
To learn more, book the ANTI SLAVERY BELFAST TOUR! They are held on each Sat from 10.30 at the Big Fish from 11.2.23 to 25.3.23.
In 1840s, FREDERICK DOUGLASS, a ‘fugitive slave’, came to Belfast.
