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John Muller, author of Frederick Douglass in Washington, D.C.: The Lion of Anacostia (The History Press, 2012) and Mark Twain in Washington, D.C.: The Adventures of a Capital Correspondent (The History Press, 2013), will present "The Lost History of Frederick Douglass in Western Maryland."

Using newly discovered information found in public and private archives, Muller will share information that uplifts the history of consequential visits Douglass made to Frederick City, Hagerstown and Cumberland, as well as lifelong associations Douglass had with abolitionists, politicians, and faith and community leaders of the Cumberland Valley region. 

Muller has presented widely throughout the DC-Baltimore metropolitan area at venues including the Library of Congress, Newseum, Politics and Prose, American Library in Paris, Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site, Harriet Tubman Museum and Education Center in Cambridge, Maryland and local universities. He is currently working on a book about the lost history of Frederick Douglass on Maryland's Eastern Shore.