Bear Me Into Freedom: Frederick Douglass and the Struggle for America’s Promise

Bear Me Into Freedom is a tribute to Talbot County’s native son, Frederick Douglass, made more poignant during America’s Semiquincentennial. Douglass dedicated his life to promoting the ideals of the Declaration of Independence—that all men are created equal and have the inalienable rights of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. His fiery oratory and compelling prose advanced American towards the fulfillment of its founding ideals.
Bear Me Into Freedom is a 60-minute immersive experience, a video installation portraying the odyssey of Frederick Douglass from his birth and enslavement in the Eastern Shore’s Talbot County to his life’s work championing abolition, emancipation, and equal rights, and his triumphal return to the county as an elder statesman having become one of the most consequential figures of the 19th century. It tells his story using his words.

Showings: Saturday, August 8th at 10:30am and 1:30pm
Location: Talbot Historical Society, in the Neall House at
29 S. Washington St., Easton, MD 21601
Tickets and Reservations: $10 per person.
Contact THS @ kaylaw@talbothistory.org or call 410-822-0773 to make a reservation.