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Step into the Victorian home where one of America's greatest minds spent his final years, perched above Anacostia with Capitol views that frame his legacy. Park rangers guide you through Douglass's personal spaces—his library, his desk—letting his actual presence linger in the rooms where he lived from 1877 until his death in 1895.
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