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  2. Francis Scott Key - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 December 2024. American lawyer and poet (1779–1843) Francis Scott Key Key c. 1825 4th United States Attorney for the District of Columbia In office 1833–1841 President Andrew Jackson Martin Van Buren Preceded by Thomas Swann Succeeded by Philip Richard Fendall II Personal details Born (1779-08-01 ...

  3. Francis Scott Key: One of the anti-slavery movement's great ...

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    A painting depicting Francis Scott Key aboard the British ship HMS Tonnant viewing Fort McHenry during the Battle of Baltimore on Sept. 14, 1814. Ed Vebell/Getty ImagesThe history wars – the ...

  4. The Star-Spangled Banner - Wikipedia

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    "The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States. The lyrics come from the "Defence of Fort M'Henry", [2] a poem written by American lawyer Francis Scott Key on September 14, 1814, after he witnessed the bombardment of Fort McHenry by the British Royal Navy during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812.

  5. Slave labor on United States military installations 1799–1863

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    Francis Scott Key was his attorney. Established in 1799, Washington Navy Yard was the first federal naval yard to use enslaved labor. This shipyard was where many of the Department of the Navy labor policies and practices regarding black employment were first instituted.

  6. Civil rights groups push to rename Baltimore bridge because ...

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    Civil rights groups have voted to petition Maryland's government to rename the Francis Scott Key Bridge because Key, the author of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” was also a slave owner.

  7. Trial of Reuben Crandall - Wikipedia

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    Francis Scott Key. Crandall, at the trial, was described in a newspaper as "quite pale, which is probably owing to a long confinement of eight months in our close and noisome prison." [8] Leading the prosecution was District of Columbia District Attorney Francis Scott Key, a slave owner and colonizationist. "Crandall was defended by two of ...

  8. They will oversee the rebuilding of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, demolished in a cargo ship collision last year. ... Born into slavery in Georgia in 1849, Tom was the property of Col. James ...

  9. Suicide, infanticide, and self-mutilation by slaves in the ...

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    According to Francis Scott Key, in the early days of the District of Columbia, an enslaved woman "on learning that she had been sold, promptly grabbed a meat cleaver and hacked off one of her hands, rendering her unfit for sale in the eyes of the slave trader."