Franklin and Armfield Office
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N 38° 48.231 W 077° 03.260
18S E 321613 N 4297014
Also know locally as the Franklin and Armfield Slave Office (1315 Duke Street).
Waymark Code: WM8KG1
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 04/14/2010
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"Isaac Franklin and John Armfield leased this brick building with access to the wharves and docks in 1828 as a holding pen for enslaved people being shipped from Northern Virginia to Louisiana. They purchased the building and three lots in 1832. From this location Armfield bought bondspeople at low prices and shipped them south to his partner Franklin, in Natchez, Mississippi, and New Orleans, Louisiana, to be sold at higher prices. By the 1830s they often sold 1,000 people annually, operating as one of the largest slave-trading companies in the United States until 1836. Slave traders continuously owned the property until 1861."
Text from Virginia Historical Highway Marker E-131 in front of the building.
Street address:
1315 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA USA
County / Borough / Parish: Alexandria
Year listed: 1978
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event; Social History, Commerce
Periods of significance: 1825-1849, 1850-1874
Historic function: Commerce/Trade
Current function: Domestic
Privately owned?: yes
Season start / Season finish: From: 01/01/2010 To: 12/31/2010
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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