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Virginia

 

Name: Emancipation Oak on campus of Hampton University 

Description: Slaves gathered here to hear the reading of the Emancipation Proclamation announcing the freedom after the Civil war.

Address: 100 E Queen St, Hampton, VA 23669 

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Emancipation Oak

 

Name: Martin Luther King Jr Monument

Description: 83-foot granite monument honor one our great American leaders.

Address: Brambleton Ave. and Church Street,   Norfolk, Virginia

 

Name: Sargent Carney Civil War Memorial 

Description:  A union soldier hero in the civil war born a slave. Sargent  Carney was awarded the Medal of Honor in 1900.  The memorial is in the West Point Cemetery the is home to African Americans who died in the Civil War.

Address: West Point Cemetery 238 Princess Anne Rd, Norfolk, Virginia  

 

Name: Edmonson Memorial Statue

Description: The Edmonson sisters were among the slaves who tried to escape from on the  Schooner Pearl.    They eventually gain there freedom and traveled with Hartier with Harriet Beecher Stowe speaking out against slavery.

Address: 1701 Duke Street, Alexandria, Virginia.

 

Name:  The Freedom House Museum

Description: The Franklin and Armfield Office believed to be the largest slave trading firm in the United States.  Over 1 million slaves passed through between 1828 and 1861. What an experience to walk through this museum.

Address: 1315 Duke St, Alexandria, VA 22314

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Alexandria Slave Pen 

 

Name:  The Freedom House Museum

Description: The Franklin and Armfield Office believed to be the largest slave trading firm in the United States.  Over 1 million slaves passed through between 1828 and 1861. What an experience to walk through this museum.

Address: 1315 Duke St, Alexandria, VA 22314

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Alexandria Slave Pen 

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