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1) The Washington historical atlas: who did what when and where in the nation's capital

Author

Bergheim, Laura

Publisher

Woodbine House

Pub. Date

1992.

Language

English

2) Rearing wolves to our own destruction: slavery in Richmond, Virginia, 1782-1865

Author

Takagi, Midori

Series

Carter G. Woodson Institute series in Black studies

Publisher

University Press of Virginia

Pub. Date

2002.

Language

English

3) Window on the Chesapeake: the bay, its people and places

Author

Clarke, Wendy Mitman

Publisher

Mariners' Museum

Pub. Date

2003.

Language

English

4) Germanna: outpost of adventure, 1714-1956

Author

Wayland, John Walter

Series

Germanna record volume 7

Publisher

Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia

Pub. Date

1956.

Language

English

5) Section 27 and Freedman's Village in Arlington National Cemetery: the African American history of America's most hallowed ground

Author

Murphy, Ric

Publisher

McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers

Pub. Date

Language

English

Formats

Book, Adult Reference

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"From its origination, Arlington National Cemetery's history has been compellingly intertwined with that of African Americans. This book explains how the grounds of Arlington House, formerly the home of Robert E. Lee and a plantation of the enslaved, became a military camp for Federal troops, a freedmen's village and farm, and America's most important burial ground. During the Civil War, the property served as a pauper's cemetery for men too poor...