In the 2nd Floor Conference Room of the Rundel Library Building, Celeste-Marie Bernier will present a lecture titled Our Bondage and Our Freedom—The Frederick Douglass Family's Struggle for Liberty.

While there have been many public Frederick Douglasses — Douglass the abolitionist, Douglass the statesman, Douglass the autobiographer, Douglass the orator, Douglass the editor, Douglass the politician — as we commemorate his bicentennial in 2018, it is time to trace the private life of Douglass as a family man. Sharing untold stories, this talk traces the activism, artistry and authorship of Frederick Douglass not in isolation but alongside the sufferings and struggles for survival of his daughters and sons: Rosetta, Lewis Henry, Frederick Jr., Charles Remond and Annie Douglass.

[source: City of Rochester website, 2018-Sep-5]