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A small brick monument in back of Linway Terrace Park.
A modest memorial was built by artist Georgia Jessup to honor her ancestors, Maria and Christopher Columbus Hall. Hall purchased 26 acres in Lincolnville along Kirby Road in 1865 from Francis P.…

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Early religious freedom as blacks and whites worshiped together. Plaque installed by Freedom Hill Chapter DAR.

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African Americans cut wood and conveyed it to stations for use by the Union Army.

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At Courthouse Free African Americans registered there and enslaved were bought and auctioned there.

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Anna Maria Fitzhugh remained at Ravensworth with a few slaves throughout the Civil War.

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Relates the story of Ona Judge, one of George Washington’s slaves, who escaped to freedom. Gov. Northam’s Historical Marker Contest.

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By 1840, congregation had 33 whites and 29 Blacks

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Early branch of NAACP founded here

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Established by African Americans

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Some founders were slave holders; antislavery Quakers established free-labor community for blacks and whites nearby.

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Slave quarters located on site

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Includes info about location of slave cabins

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Former enslaved community church

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African American Church and cemetery

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First “colored” Baptist church in county.

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Named for Alfred Odrick, a former slave

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African American community

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Free African American donated land for school

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First Fairfax County High School for African Americans.

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Church and cemetery of free African Americans.

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African American community; resident donated land for school and church.

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Racially segregated CCC camp of African Americans from Fort Belvoir built fire trails.

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African American community forced to move by eminent domain.

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African American Church and cemetery

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African American cemetery remains from Ilda cemetery were removed and reinterred.

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