Civil War  |  Historic Site

Moncure Conway

Virginia

401 River Rd
Fredericksburg, VA 22405
United States

Get Directions

Website
Road to Freedom Tour Guide

This heritage site is a part of the American Battlefield Trust's Road to Freedom Tour Guide app, which showcases sites integral to the Black experience during the Civil War era. Download the FREE app now.

Portrait of Moncure Conway by Clara Taggart MacChesney
Portrait of Moncure Conway by Clara Taggart MacChesney Wikimedia Commons

Nearby to the northwest is the childhood home of renowned abolitionist, writer, and lecturer Moncure Daniel Conway (1832-1907). In 1838 his family moved into this Federal-style house. Conway graduated from Dickinson College in 1849 and Harvard Divinity School in 1854 and became outspoken in the abolitionist movement. During the Civil War, Conway lived in Cincinnati, Ohio and traveled east in 1862 to lead his family’s slaves to freedom in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Conway moved to London in 1863 and spent a number of years abroad, writing for English and American periodicals. He also wrote biographies of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Thomas Paine. Conway died in Paris on 15 Nov. 1907.

Marker: N-36, Virginia Department of Historic Resources (2004)

Explore the Road to Freedom

Moncure Conway: What's Nearby

Fredericksburg, VA
Full MapView Nearby Monuments
Rev War  |  Marker
Lafayette Tour Marker, Fredericksburg, Virginia (VA-126)
Fredericksburg, VA
Rev War  |  Museum
National Museum of the Marine Corps
Triangle, VA
Museum
National Museum of the Marine Corps
Quantico, VA
Museum
National Museum of the U.S. Army
Fort Belvoir, VA
Rev War  |  Marker
Lafayette Tour Marker, Buckland, Virginia (VA-134)
Gainesville, VA
Rev War  |  Marker
Lafayette Tour Marker, Jeffersonton, Virginia (VA-93)
Jeffersonton, VA
Rev War  |  Marker
Lafayette Tour Marker, Orange, Virginia (VA-94)
Orange, VA
Civil War  |  Fort
Fort Washington Park
Fort Washington, MD
Rev War  |  Marker
Lafayette Tour Marker, Montpelier Station, Virginia (VA-36)
Montpelier Station, VA
Civil War  |  Fort
Fort Ward Museum and Historic Site
Alexandria, VA
Cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington, VA
Rev War  |  Marker
Lafayette Tour Marker, Washington, DC (DC-34)
Washington, DC
Museum
U.S. Navy Museum
Washington, DC
Civil War  |  Museum
National Museum of the U.S. Navy
Washington, DC
Museum
National Museum of American History
Washington, DC
Civil War  |  Museum
Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum
Washington, DC
Civil War  |  Museum
African American Civil War Memorial and Museum
Washington, DC
Rev War  |  Marker
Lafayette Tour Marker, Goochland, Virginia (VA-140)
Goochland, VA
Civil War  |  Cemetery
United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery
Washington, DC
Rev War  |  Marker
Lafayette Tour Marker, Palmyra, Virginia (VA-131)
Palmyra, VA
Rev War  |  Museum
Piney Point Lighthouse Museum & Park
Piney Point , MD
Civil War  |  Museum
National Museum of Health and Medicine
Silver Spring, MD
Civil War  |  Museum
The Valentine Richmond History Center
Richmond, VA
Civil War  |  Museum
The American Civil War Museum–White House of the Confederacy
Richmond, VA
Civil War  |  Museum
The American Civil War Museum at Historic Tredegar
Richmond, VA
Rev War  |  Marker
Lafayette Tour Marker at Richmond, Virginia (VA-108)
Richmond, VA
Rev War  |  Marker
Lafayette Tour Marker, Columbia, Virginia (VA-146)
Columbia, VA
Rev War  |  Marker
Lafayette Tour Marker at Leesburg, Virginia (VA-117)
Leesburg, VA
Civil War  |  Museum
Warren Rifles Confederate Museum
Front Royal, VA
Civil War  |  Museum
Point Lookout State Park and Civil War Museum
Scotland, MD
Civil War  |  Battlefield
Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park
Middletown, VA
Civil War  |  Museum
Virginia Museum of the Civil War
New Market, VA
Civil War  |  Museum
New Market Battlefield State Historical Park and Hall of Valor Museum
New Market, VA
Rev War  |  Marker
Lafayette Tour Marker, Annapolis, Maryland (MD-128)
Anna, MD
Rev War  |  Marker
Lafayette Tour Marker, Annapolis, Maryland (MD-156)
Annapolis, MD
Civil War  |  Museum
Stonewall Jackson's Headquarters Museum
Winchester, VA
Rev War  |  Marker
Lafayette Tour Marker, Woodbine, Maryland (MD-51)
Woodbine, MD
Civil War  |  Museum
B&O Railroad Museum: Ellicott City Station
Ellicott City, MD
Civil War  |  Museum
National Museum of Civil War Medicine
Frederick, MD
Rev War  |  Marker
Lafayette Tour Marker, Petersburg, Virginia (VA-129)
Petersburg, VA
Civil War  |  Museum
Pamplin Historical Park and The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier
Petersburg, VA
Civil War  |  Museum
Pry House Field Hospital Museum
Keedysville, MD
Civil War  |  Fort
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
Baltimore, MD
Rev War  |  Marker
Lafayette Tour Marker, Williamsburg, Virginia (VA-180)
Williamsburg, VA
Rev War  |  Marker
Lafayette Visit Marker, Williamsburg, Virginia (V-62)
Williamsburg, VA
Rev War  |  Museum
American Revolution Museum at Yorktown
Yorktown, VA
Rev War  |  Marker
Lafayette Tour Marker at Yorktown, Virginia (VA-60)
Yorktown, VA
Rev War  |  Fort
Fort Frederick State Park
Big Pool, MD
Civil War  |  Museum
The American Civil War Museum - Appomattox
Appomattox, VA