Built 1819 VLR # 100-0047 Opened 1819 Architectural style Federal architecture | NRHP Reference # 00000890 Designated VLR December 1, 1999 Area 3,642 m² Added to NRHP 14 August 2000 | |
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Address 1707 Duke St, Alexandria, VA 22314, USA Similar Franklin and Armfield, Alexandria Black History M, Indian Range, Surratt House Museum, Historic London Town & G | ||
Bruin's Slave Jail is a two-story brick building in Alexandria, Virginia, United States from which slave trader Joseph Bruin imprisoned slaves. Bruin's company, called Bruin and Hill, transported captured Africans to slave markets in the Southern United States.
At the start of the American Civil War, Joseph Bruin was captured himself and imprisoned in Washington, D.C. His property, including the slave jail, was confiscated by the U.S. Marshal and used as the Fairfax County Courthouse until 1865.
All that remains today of the entire compound is a brick, two-story structure that housed the slaves. Bruin’s home, kitchen, and wash-house no longer remain. The jail can be found at 1707 Duke Street in Alexandria.
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