Frederick Douglas Statue

A monument of Frederick Douglass sculpted by Stanley W. Edwards, sometimes called the Frederick Douglass Monument, was installed in Rochester, New York in 1899 after it was commissioned by the African-American activist John W. Thompson. According to Visualising Slavery: Art Across the African Diaspora, it was the first statue in the United States that memorialized a specific African-American person. Originally located by the Rochester station, the monument was moved in 1941 to Highland Bowl, a natural amphitheater in Highland Park.

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