Our Native Sons of Talbot County Douglass-Hopkins-Bailey
Frederick Douglass is the only Marylander and perhaps the only American, to have five statues and three museums named in his honor in his home state. Pictured: Frederick Douglass Mural by Michael Rosato, Easton, MD. Tarence Bailey, The 5X great
The Bailey-Groce Family Foundation Inc. Operation Frederick Douglass on the Hill 4330 Old Trappe Rd Trappe, MD 21673 915-401-5381 Thebaileygrocefamilyfoundation@ gmail.com Fdhill.org
nephew of Freder- ick Douglass was the pivotal force behind creating the Douglass Mural in Easton,
Talbot County, MD. Mr. Bailey is available for lectures and presenta- tions. He can be reached at tarence- bailey70@gmail.com.
Nathaniel Hopkins was born enslaved (c. 1830-1900) in Trappe area of Talbot County, Maryland. During the U.S. Civil War, Uncle Nace served in the United States Colored Troops of the Union Army. Afterwards, he returned to Trappe and assisted newly freed Blacks and helped establish Trappe’s first black school and the Scotts United Methodist Church. In 1867,
Hopkins founded Emancipation Day in Talbot County to commemorate Maryland’s Emancipation Day- November 1, 1864. Trappe’s Emancipation Day celebration continues annually now known as Uncle Nace Day or Nace Hopkins Day. It is the longest continuous public Emancipation Day celebration on Maryland’s Eastern Shore and among the longest in the United States. Hopkins’s headstone and a historic marker can be found in Trappe, Maryland. Source: Talbot County
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