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Shortly after Crandall's opening an office in Georgetown, slave catchers reported him for possession of abolitionist literature, and Key wrote a lengthy indictment, charging him with "seditious libel and inciting slaves and free blacks to revolt". Key thought he would gain politically by "finally doing something about the abolitionists".
Yarrow Mamout (c. 1736 – January 19, 1823) [1] [2] was a formerly enslaved African entrepreneur and property owner in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. An educated Fulani Muslim, he gained his freedom in 1796 after 44 years held in bondage.
4.2 Slavery and the 1838 Sale 4.3 Individuals-Jesuits, Enslaved People, Enslavers, University Administrators, Politicians 4.4 Jesuit Plantations, Churches and Other Properties
Georgetown will offer an admissions edge to descendants of slaves as part of a comprehensive atonement for the university's historical ties to slavery.
Georgetown University students voted in favor of paying reparations to the descendants of slaves that the school sold in the 1800s when it was in debt.
Oak Hill Cemetery Chapel, designed by James Renwick Jr. in 1850, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Old Stone House, built 1765, is the oldest building structure still standing in Washington, D.C. Georgetown, depicted in 1862, shows the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and Aqueduct Bridge (on right) and an unfinished Capitol dome in the distant ...
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Holy Rood Cemetery is located at 2126 Wisconsin Avenue N.W. at the southern end of Glover Park, adjacent to Georgetown in Washington, D.C. It is at one of the highest elevations in the city and has memorable views. The cemetery contains approximately 7,000 burials, including as many as 1,000 free and enslaved African Americans. It may be the ...