Conciliation Hall News Today

Born a slave, Frederick Douglass died as a champion of human rights, and Ireland played an important role in his political awakening.

From the late eighteenth century, the small island of Ireland played a major role in both the movement to end the slave trade and the movement to end enslavement wherever it existed.  

Abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass visited Ireland in 1845.

Visit of abolitionist to city commemorated at Eustace Street building where he spoke

The great African-American abolitionist matched the ‘Liberator’ in dazzling oratory