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By Richard E. Miller, December 23, 2008
Franklin and Armfield Slave Office/Freedom House Museum
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1 ► Virginia, Alexandria, Southwest Quadrant — E-131 — Franklin and Armfield Slave Office (1315 Duke Street) —  |
| Isaac Franklin and John Armfield leased this brick building with access to the wharves and docks in 1828 as a holding pen for enslaved people being shipped from Northern Virginia to Louisiana. They purchased the building and three lots in 1832. From . . . — — Map (db m72628) HM | |||
| 2 ► Mississippi, Adams County, Natchez — Forks of the Road — |
| Site of the South's second largest slave market in the 19th century. Enslaved people were also once sold on city streets and at the landing at Natchez Under the Hill. Natchez slaves were freed in July, 1863, when Union troops occupied the city. The . . . — — Map (db m37433) HM | |||