Frederick Douglass – Isaac Myers Maritime Park

Named after two prominent movers and thinkers who are men of color, this park and heritage site in 1417 Thames Street celebrates the contributions of the African-Americans in the nation’s maritime industry.  Here one can experience first-hand the life of Frederick Douglass and Isaac Myers as caulkers in a recreation of the first African-American shipyard and learn how Douglass freed himself from slavery and became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York and how he became a great orator. One can also take a look into the life of Isaac Myers, a free-born Black American who rose to prominence as a trade unionist and co-operative organizer.