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title: Frederick Douglass Gravestone
author: Daniel Penfield
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20868/frederick-douglass-gravestone/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 2025-08-28
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# Frederick Douglass Gravestone

_Authored by Daniel Penfield_

## Image File

[![Frederick Douglass Gravestone](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/20868.jpeg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/20868.jpeg)

## Image Caption

Gravestone of [Frederick Douglass](https://www.worldhistory.org/Frederick_Douglass/), photograph by Daniel Penfield, Rochester, New York, 2018.

Frederick Douglass died on 20 February 1895 from a heart attack at age 76 or 77 (his exact date of birth in February 1818 is contested). After a grand funeral with thousands of attendants and being received in state in Rochester [City](https://www.worldhistory.org/city/) Hall, he was laid to rest next to his first wife, Anna Murray Douglass, in Mount Hope Cemetery.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Penfield, D. (2025, August 28). Frederick Douglass Gravestone. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20868/frederick-douglass-gravestone/>
### Chicago
Penfield, Daniel. "Frederick Douglass Gravestone." *World History Encyclopedia*, August 28, 2025. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20868/frederick-douglass-gravestone/>.
### MLA
Penfield, Daniel. "Frederick Douglass Gravestone." *World History Encyclopedia*, 28 Aug 2025, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20868/frederick-douglass-gravestone/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frederick_Douglass_gravestone_(2018).jpg) by [**Daniel Penfield**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frederick_Douglass_gravestone_(2018).jpg). Submitted by [Joshua J. Mark](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/JPryst/ "User Page: Joshua J. Mark"), published on 28 August 2025. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.