The Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park will be the first one in the nation celebrating black maritime history and shipbuilding tradition. The museum is in historic Fells Point and will honor Frederick Douglass, Isaac Myers and other local black leaders.
Frederick Douglass lived in Baltimore for a period of time, working in the Fells Point shipyard as a young man. Isaac Myers founded The Chesapeake Marine Railway and Dry Dock Co. in 1868, the first black-owned-and-operated shipyard in the nation.
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