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| Frederick Douglass |
Washington DC is full of great African American history.Then nations capital was full of slaves and freed black men and women.The slave trade in the city was so bad ministers from other counties would wonder how the capital of the United States could have so many slaves. Pennsylvania Avenue has the inaugural parade every 4 years. Slaves marched down the same avenue to the auction house. If you were black in the 1800's you were under very strict laws. A black person could not be outside his or her house past 10 pm . If you were out pass 10pm several actions could happen to you. You could be put in jail, thrown into slavery, beaten or killed.Blacks were not allowed to gamble .Blacks did own homes . If you were a freed black if you owned your home every year 3 letters from non blacks were needed to attest to your character.One of the first blacks to own a house in the suburb of Union town (Anacostia) was Frederick Douglass. Mr. Douglass was in charge of the Freeman Bureau in which he borrowed the money for the house.Mr.Douglass named the house Cedar Hill. The house over looks the city.Tours of the house are daily. The tour of the house takes about one hour including a 17 minute video of the life of Mr. Douglass. You then will have a very nice tour of the house by a Park Ranger. The some of the items in the house are original
Washington DC is full of great African American history.Then nations capital was full of slaves and freed black men and women.The slave trade in the city was so bad ministers from other counties would wonder how the capital of the United States could have so many slaves. Pennsylvania Avenue has the inaugural parade every 4 years. Slaves marched down the same avenue to the auction house. If you were black in the 1800's you were under very strict laws. A black person could not be outside his or her house past 10 pm . If you were out pass 10pm several actions could happen to you. You could be put in jail, thrown into slavery, beaten or killed.Blacks were not allowed to gamble .Blacks did own homes . If you were a freed black if you owned your home every year 3 letters from non blacks were needed to attest to your character.One of the first blacks to own a house in the suburb of Union town (Anacostia) was Frederick Douglass. Mr. Douglass was in charge of the Freeman Bureau in which he borrowed the money for the house.Mr.Douglass named the house Cedar Hill. The house over looks the city.Tours of the house are daily. The tour of the house takes about one hour including a 17 minute video of the life of Mr. Douglass. You then will have a very nice tour of the house by a Park Ranger. The some of the items in the house are original
