Once a Horrific Slave Pen, Now a Museum on Enslavement and Freedom
Freedom House Museum in Alexandria, Virginia, examines a brutal past with hope for the future
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Freedom House Museum in Alexandria, Virginia, examines a brutal past with hope for the future
Many people walk by the unassuming 19th-century white-brick row house in the historic area of Alexandria, Virginia, outside Washington, not realizing it was part of a horrible chapter in U.S. history. A sign out front indicates it used to be the Franklin and Armfield Slave Office, one of the major centers of the U.S. domestic…
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