Nathan and Polly Johnson House

Nathan and Mary "Polly" Johnson were free blacks who lived and worked in the city of New Bedford. The Johnsons owned several properties and businesses, including a catering business and confectionary. In addition, the Johnsons were informed and active abolitionists. It was the Johnsons who housed Frederick Douglass and his wife Anna on this site from 1838-1839 after Douglass' escape from slavery.

Information courtesy the National Park Service - https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/underground/ma6.htm