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Frederick Douglass Statue Dedicated in Washington, D.C.

Hundreds of people attended a ceremony Wednesday as a seven foot statue of abolitionist Frederick Douglass was unveiled at Emancipation Hall of the United State Capitol Visitors Center.
A number of House and Senate leaders attended and spoke at the ceremony.

U-S Senator Chuck Schumer had introduced legislation directing the Joint Committee on the Libray to accept the statue.
After many delays, the sculpture was delivered.

Douglass, born a slave was a voice for women's rights as well as black Americans.
He lived in Rochester for 25 years, where he published the abolitionist paper the "North Star."

Schumer said he was a statesman, an abolitionist, a brilliant, self-taught writer, and and advocate for justice and freedom.

Also on hand for today's ceremony was 8th grader Campbell McDade Clay of Rochester.
She's a two-time winner of the Frederick Douglass oratorical contest.