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"Dealer in Slaves" to Freedom House
There's been a lot in the paper lately about Freedom House in Alexandria. Here's some background.
Julia Wilbur's Alexandria: The "Slave Pen"
On the first morning after the Union occupation of Alexandria, May 22, 1861, Michigan troops came upon what had been a flourishing slave-trading establishment on Duke Street, less than a mile from the Potomac River.