Digging Deeper: Abolition Row Park: The Stories it Tells
New Bedford, MA
About
This Digging Deeper is presented in partnership with COG Design.
Abolition Row Park, developed by the New Bedford Historical Society, is located near downtown New Bedford as a community gathering and green space, and features a bronze statue of Frederick Douglass, flowering cherry trees, and a gazebo. The site is rich with stories. In 1838, after fleeing Maryland's Eastern Shore, Frederick Douglass found refuge right across the street from the park. For about a year he lived in the home of Black abolitionists Nathan and Mary, or "Polly," Johnson, once an important stop on the Underground Railroad. The process to realize the dream of a park on the site included several years of community engagement and co-creation with landscape designers Heather Heimarck and Barbara Connelly. Today, the park showcases the Black history of the neighborhood and City, and it reflects the spirit of New Bedford that is still welcoming people to begin a new life, just like Douglass.
$30 Members | $40 General
Digging Deeper Date:
Hours: 12 p.m to 2 p.m.
Location
Digging Deeper: Abolition Row Park: The Stories it Tells
Bristol County
New Bedford, MA 02740
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