One-Time Slave Pen Now a Museum About the Horrors of Slavery
The award-winning movie 12 Years a Slave is based on the memoir of Solomon Northup, a free black man from New York who was kidnapped in Washington in 1841. It is also the story of the notorious slave trader who sold him into slavery, James Birch. In Alexandria, Virginia, just outside of Washington, Birch would become an owner of a slave pen where men, women and children were held before being sold as property. Today, all that remains of the site is a single building -- now home to a civil rights organization and a small museum about slavery. VOA's Deborah Block takes us there.
WASHINGTON DC - TOUR of ALEXANDRIA, MOUNT VERNON, and FREE MUSEUMS - vlog
Welcome to Washington D.C. the capital of the United States! In this vlog, we visit the free Smithsonian museums, the historic neighborhood of Alexandria, and President George Washington's house in Mount Vernon.
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0:28 - 2:24 Alexandria, VA
2:25 - 3:55 DC Metro
4:05 - 6:30 Museum of African American History and Culture
6:40 - 10:45 DC Tour and Hop on Hop Off Bus
10:46 - 14:55 Mount Vernon - George Washington's House
14:56 - 17:10 National Portrait Gallery
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Louisiana During World War II, Part 3: Military Life
This is a documentary about Louisiana during World War II written by Jerry P. Sanson (Louisiana State University at Alexandria) and directed, edited, and narrated by William B. Robison (Southeastern Louisiana University). It was produced under the auspices of a U.S. Department of Education Teaching American History Grant and may be downloaded for use in the classroom or private viewing by anyone.
3D Stereoscopic Photos of a Slave Pen in Alexandria During the American Civil War (1860's)
A collection of animated stereoscopic photographs of a slave pen in Alexandria, Virginia, operated by Price, Birch & Company Dealers in Slaves. It was found abandoned by Union soldiers in May 1861 and was used as a prison for deserters and southern sympathizers throughout the rest of the Civil War. The photos are attributed to a photographer working for Mathew Brady.
Source: Library of Congress.
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Christ Church in the Civil War (Alexandria, Virginia)
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Largest Slave Trade in the U.S. in 1840s, Franklin and Armfield
Issac Franklin, co-owner of Franklin and Armfield, largest slave traders in the U.S. in the 1830s and 1840s give the magnitude of the Slave Trading business. Headquarters in Arlington, Va.
The trade of slaves is the largest asset in the entire US economy, larger than railroad and manufacturing combined.
Alexandria, Virginia (USA) - History and Facts
Like the rest of Northern Virginia, as well as Central Maryland, modern Alexandria has been influenced by its proximity to the U.S
Alexandria Chapter of the Links, Inc 40th Year Celebration
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The Library of Alexandria - The Crime That Set Human Civilization Back 1,000 Years
The burning of the Library of Alexandria in Ancient Egypt ranks among the worst crimes committed against humanity in known history. Lost scientific research including physics and anatomy and medicine, as well as knowledge and documentation of culture and history is widely believed to have set human civilization back significantly. Carl Sagan himself stated that the burning of the library of Alexandria likely set humanity back 1,000 years.
Arna Bontemps House and Church, Alexandria, Louisiana
Arna Bontemps is a poet, novelist, librarian, and scholar of Creole heritage from the small town of Alexandria, Louisiana. AuthorAdventures.org is a not-for-profit educational website with more than 300 U.S. literary landmarks organized into road trips in all 50 states. Our channel features short videos shot spontaneously at several of the literary landmarks described on the authoradventures.org website.
HISTORY IS MADE!!!! -ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA
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Alexandria, Virginia (USA) - History and Facts
Like the rest of Northern Virginia, as well as Central Maryland, modern Alexandria has been influenced by its proximity to the U.S
The Braddock Monument (Alexandria, Virginia)
British General Edward Braddock marched down Braddock's Road from Alexandria to the wooded depths of Pennsylvania, where his force of British regulars and American militiamen were destroyed in 1755.
History's Ten Worst Generals
Success leaves clues. So does failure. Some of history’s best known commanders are remembered not for their brilliant victories but for their catastrophic blunders.
The long, sordid history of Blackface
CNN's John Avlon breaks down the history of blackface after a number of recent political controversies, but it's not just Virginia politicians.
Prominent people in the worlds of politics and entertainment have gotten into hot water for wearing blackface long before Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam and state Attorney General Mark Herring recently admitted to it.
Blackface dates back nearly 200 years, when white performers started darkening their faces with polish and cork to mock enslaved Africans in minstrel shows. These displays depicted black people as lazy, ignorant, cowardly or hypersexual. It was racist and offensive then and still is today.
Here's a (growing) list of politicians and celebrities who've gotten in trouble over blackface. (Note: We're not including regular people -- and there have been plenty of those cases.)
Louisiana House of Representatives candidate Robbie Gattie dressed like Tiger Woods for a church event
South Carolina county council candidate Brant Tomlinson dressed like a Jamaican bobsledder for a Halloween party
Former Florida Secretary of State Mike Ertel, as a Hurricane Katrina victim at a Halloween party
Illinois state Senate candidate Hal Patton dressed up as a black football player
Florida state Rep. Anthony Sabatini, who dressed up as his best friend
New York state Assemblyman Dov Hikind, who dressed like a black basketball player for a Jewish holiday
Actor Ted Danson, while roasting then-girlfriend Whoopi Goldberg and repeatedly using the N-word
Actor C. Thomas Howell, in the 1986 film Soul Man
Actress and singer Julianne Hough dressed as the character Crazy Eyes from Orange is the New Black
Actor Billy Crystal, as the late Sammy Davis Jr. on Saturday Night Live and at the 2012 Oscars
Jimmy Kimmel, dressed as Karl Malone on The Man Show
Jimmy Fallon, as Chris Rock on Saturday Night Live
Paula Deen and her son, dressed as Lucy and Ricky Ricardo from I Love Lucy
Robert Downey Jr., in the movie Tropic Thunder
Gene Wilder, in shoe polish in Silver Streak
Talk show host Megyn Kelly, who asked on her show what is racist about blackface
Drake, who was revealed to have posed in blackface when Pusha T used the photo as cover art for his single
Spanish soccer player Andrés Iniesta, who tweeted a picture of himself posing with two people in blackface
French soccer player Antoine Griezmann, who wore blackface as part of a costume for a 1980s themed party
Joni Mitchell, who appeared in blackface on the cover of her 1977 album Don Juan's Reckless Daughter
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Econo Lodge Inn & Suites Alexandria Louisiana Hotel
Welcome to the Econo Lodge Inn & Suites, an Alexandria hotel near the Alexandria International Airport The Econo Lodge Inn & Suites hotel is conveniently located off Interstate 49, in the quaint town of Alexandria. The Alexandria International Airport is less than five miles away, and the hotel offers free airport shuttle service. This Alexandria, LA hotel is minutes from the Alexandria Zoological Park, the Alexandria Museum of Art, River Oaks Square Arts Center, Arna Bontemps African American Museum and the historic Kent Plantation House.
If you want to make a reservation, or want to search rates and compare it, please go to clickhotel.us
Creole History Museum 4
History of the Louisiana Creole from Creole Museum in St. Martinville, La. (2004)
American Artifacts preview: Women's History
Efforts to build a National Women's History Museum in Washington, D.C. have been underway for more than 20 years. It currently exists as an online museum and offers local walking tours focused on women's history. We visited Alexandria, Virginia to see Civil War-related sites where women worked as nurses, sold goods to soldiers, and aided communities of newly freed slaves.
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Images of Slavery in America
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Unearthed 300-year-old ship in Alexandria Virginia
Discovering History in the town of Alexandria, Va. A 300-year-old ship was unearthed.
The Atlantic slave trade: What too few textbooks told you - Anthony Hazard
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Slavery has occurred in many forms throughout the world, but the Atlantic slave trade -- which forcibly brought more than 10 million Africans to the Americas -- stands out for both its global scale and its lasting legacy. Anthony Hazard discusses the historical, economic and personal impact of this massive historical injustice.
Lesson by Anthony Hazard, animation by NEIGHBOR.