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In 2001 a non-profit organization was founded in Fredericksburg, Virginia, to raise funds and campaign to establish a national museum on slavery in America.. On October 8, 2001, Douglas Wilder, mayor of Richmond, Virginia, announced his intention to build a National Slavery Museum in Fredericksburg, on 38 acres donated by the Silver Company at the Celebrate Virginia Retail and Tourism complex.
The concept of a national museum dedicated to African-American history and culture can be traced back to the second decade of the 20th century. In 1915, African-American veterans of the Union Army met at the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church in Washington, D.C., [6] for a reunion and parade.
International Slavery Museum, at the Merseyside Maritime Museum in Liverpool [13] Wilberforce House, part of the Museums Quarter of Kingston-upon-Hull [14] The Wake by Khaleb Brooks in London [15] (planned) The gravestone of 'Scipio Africanus' in Bristol [16] [17] Plaques for people compensated after the abolition of slavery in Bristol [18]
Celebration by "the colored people in Washington" of the fourth anniversary of the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia, April 19, 1866 [4] The drive to eliminate slavery in the District of Columbia was a major component in the anti-slavery campaign that led to the Civil War.
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The National Slave Memorial is a proposed memorial to honor the victims of slavery in the United States. It was introduced during a 2003 Congressional session. [1] Professor Ira Berlin noted that the proposed memorial is an example of the interest Americans in the early 21st century still have in the facts and legacy of slavery. [2]
At the 6-acre National Memorial for Peace and Justice, visitors are solemnly exposed to the decadeslong domestic terrorism of more than 4,000 recorded lynchings in America between 1877 and 1950.
Arlington National Cemetery to remove a slave-depicting Confederate memorial, despite GOP pushback. Associated Press. December 17, 2023 at 10:35 AM.