The Yellow House (Washington, D.C.)
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the-yellow-house-washington-d-c-174-13101631
title:
The Yellow House (Washington, D.C.)
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The Yellow House was the slave jail of the Williams brothers, located at 7th Street and Maryland Avenue in Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States. In 1838, William H. Williams directed people wishing to buy or sell slaves to his jail "on 7th street the first house south of the market bridge on the west side". The Williams' slave-trading business was apparently "large and well-known to traders in Richmond and New Orleans." The three-story building was made of brick covered in yel
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Slave jail in Washington
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Yellow_House_(Washington,_D.C.)
date created:
2023-12-10T22:46:04Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T21:57:32Z
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