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The Great Castle |
- A place of work for the free slaves that live in the Frederick Douglass houses.
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The Frederick Douglass Houses |
- In relation to the book the Frederick Douglass Houses were located in New York Where “Free Negroes” who work inside the Great Castle live.
- The Frederick Douglass House currently resides in Cedar Hill. It was bought buy Douglass for $6,700 on September 1, 1877. He bought the house with 9 3/4 acres and bought an additional 5 3/4 acres in 1878.
- Douglass made a series of renovations to the home and by the time he died in 1895, the house had been turned into a 21 room mansion.
 Cedar Hill today as a historic site |
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Lincolns problems with alcohol |
This is a rumor… a false one. According to Lincoln’s address to the Washington Temperance society that was held in Springfield Illinois, Lincoln made the statement “In my judgment such of us who have never fallen victims have been spared more by the absence of appetite than from any mental or moral superiority over those who have…” |
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The Magnolia Baths |
- A magnolia is a type of plant and people use its’ flower buds and bark to make medicines.
- Also used to make fragrances, body wash, and bath salts.
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Effectiveness of the Emancipation Proclamation |
- The Emancipation Proclamation was announced on New Years Day an executive decision made by Abraham Lincoln, January 1, 1863.
- The Emancipation Proclamation itself did not free the slave, it only declared the slaves in states currently in rebellion to be free
- It did not free slaves in the border states and states in the south that remained loyal to the union.
- Still was a possibility to become re-enslaved.
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Informing slaves of their “freedom” |
- June 19th, 1865. Also known as Juneteenth- 2000 union soldiers came to Galveston, Texas and freed over 200,000 slaves.
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Definition of a crypt |
An underground chamber or vault, especially one beneath the main floor of a church, used as a burial place, and also a location for secret meetings
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/crypt
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