The National Register of Historic Places contains more than 85,000 sites, but only some 2,500 of them have been listed as National Historic Landmarks. New England is home to hundreds of these particularly significant structures, objects and places.
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The Great Seal of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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| MASSACHUSETTS Nathan and Mary (Polly) Johnson Properties, New Bedford
These buildings belonged to a free African-American couple active in the abolitionist movement and the Underground Railroad. They took in Frederick Douglass after his escape from slavery.
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