Bruin's Slave Jail
Bruin's Slave Jail | |
 Bruin's Slave Jail in 2022 | |
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| Location | 1707 Duke St., Alexandria, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 38°48′15″N 77°3′32″W / 38.80417°N 77.05889°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1819 |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 00000890[1] |
| VLR No. | 100-0047 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | August 14, 2000 |
| Designated VLR | December 1, 1999[2] |
Bruin's Slave Jail is a two-story brick building in Alexandria, Virginia, from which slave trader Joseph Bruin imprisoned slaves. Bruin's company, called Bruin and Hill, transported enslaved Americans of African descent to slave markets in the Southern United States. At the start of the American Civil War, Bruin was captured and imprisoned in Washington, D.C. His property, including the slave jail, was confiscated by U.S. Marshals and used as the Fairfax County Courthouse until 1865. All that remains today of the entire compound is a two-story brick structure that housed the enslaved people. Bruin's home, kitchen, and wash-house no longer remain.
See also
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[edit]- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
External links
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Media related to Bruin's Slave Jail at Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Bruin and the Slave Trade, Official 2007 Historic Redevelopment Report
- Information on Bruin's Slave Jail from Virginia African Heritage Program
- Archaeology: Digging up History at the Bruin Slave Jail
Categories:
- Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Alexandria, Virginia
- Brick buildings and structures in Virginia
- History of slavery in Virginia
- Federal architecture in Virginia
- Houses completed in 1819
- Buildings and structures in Alexandria, Virginia
- Jails on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- Slave jails in the United States
- Jails in Virginia
- Northern Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs