Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library
Slave pen, Alexandria, Va.
[ca. 1861–1865]
From "War Memories" catalog: Exterior view of the famous, or rather, the infamous slave pen. People of this generation can hardly make it seem possible that such an "institution" was ever tolerated under the stars and stripes, in this "land of the free." Read the inscription on that sign over the door: "Price, Birch & Co., Dealers in Slaves."
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