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The full-length statue of Frederick Douglass is installed in Memorial Plaza, located several hundred yards from Douglass's former home on South Avenue. He has a beard and mustache, and wears a greatcoat, bow tie, and vest with a watch chain. His proper right foot is extended, and his arms are outstretched with his palms facing upward. The bronze sculpture is approximately 8 feet (2.4 m) tall and has a 30-inch (0.76 m) diameter. It rests on a cylindrical granite drum with four bronze plaques, which sits on an octagonal base atop a grey-tan granite block base that measures approximately 9 feet (2.7 m) by 66 inches (1.7 m).The surrounding pillar sculptures represent Polaris (the North Star) and several constellations. The North Star was the anti-slavery newspaper published in Rochester by Douglass, named after the directions given to escaped slaves to follow Polaris north to freedom.
Polaris right bronze sculpture The North Star bronze Frederick Douglass