The Seward County Community College/Area Technical School Library is proud to host the national traveling exhibition Frederick Douglass from Slavery to Freedom: The Journey to New York City, beginning February 1. The exhibition will be on display through the entire month of February, which is Black History Month. The exhibition explores the youth of Frederick Douglass, born a slave in Maryland in 1818, who after his escape to New York in 1838 became one of the most famous men in nineteenth-century America. Douglass fought to end slavery and championed civil rights for all Americans. His autobiography, published in 1845, was a powerful weapon in the abolitionist cause, and a bestseller in the United States. The exhibition poses the question: What aspects of his youth shaped his determination to be free? Frederick Douglass from Slavery to Freedom: The Journey to New York City was developed from his autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. The exhibition was curated by Susan F. Saidenberg. The exhibition has been displayed at schools, museums, libraries, and historic sites across the country. "Through digital reproductions of letters, photographs, and broadsides, the exhibition invites visitors to learn about the life and legacy of Frederick Douglass," said Matthew Pannkuk, director of the SCCC/ATS Library. "We hope this exhibition will help our patrons gain a deeper understanding of Douglass' quest for freedom and the difficult choices he made. These choices can resonate for Americans today who are facing great challenges in achieving their goals and dreams." The SCCC/ATS Library is open Monday through Thursday from 7:45 a.m. to 10 p.m., Friday from 7:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. and Sunday from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. The Library is closed on Saturdays. For more information, you can contact the SCCC/ATS Library at (620) 417-1160.