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Brick outbuilding on Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School’s campus. Photograph courtesy of the Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School’s “The History of Enslaved People at Georgetown, July 2018. St. Jane de Chantal Salesian Center: Learning, Reflecting, and Teaching” report. https://www.visi.org/uploaded/About/Salesian_Center/Archives/History_Enslaved_People_Georgetown_Visitation_July_2019.pdf.
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Berleith Property: Capital City Slavery Tour
John Threlkeld held multiple political roles in the District’s early history, serving as Georgetown’s alderman and mayor in the 1790s. He also held multiple individuals in bondage throughout his lifetime. Estimates suggest that he owned…