Newcastle Helix: Frederick Douglass Centre
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Newcastle Helix: Frederick Douglass Centre
Image: © Anthony Foster Taken: 10 Apr 2020
Part of Newcastle University, the building is named in honour of social reformer, abolitionist and activist-author Frederick Douglass. An anti-slavery campaigner – and at that time, a slave himself – Frederick Douglass was in Newcastle in 1846 staying in the Summerhill area adjacent to The Helix site
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