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Section of a ship’s manifest for a shipment of slaves from John Armfield, in Alexandria, to Isaac Franklin in New Orleans in March, 1832. Each slave was entered on the manifest as to name, height, age, and complexion, as required by federal law.

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Alexandria to New Orleans: The Human Tragedy of the Interstate Slave Trade, Part I

This is the first article in a four-part series.

Part I: On May 17, 1828, the following advertisement appeared in the Alexandria Phoenix Gazette: Cash in Market~ The subscribers having leased for a term of years the large three story brick house on Duke Street, in the town of Alexandria, D.C. formerly occupied by Gen. Young, we wish to purchase one hundred and fifty likely young negroes of both sexes, between the ages of 8 and 25 years.

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