Philip Fenwick 1862 Records.jpg

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This file appears in: Philip Fenwick Plantation Site: Capital City Slavery Tour

Photograph of 1862 D.C. Emancipation Records for Philip Fenwick.

This file appears in: Philip Fenwick Plantation Site: Capital City Slavery Tour

By The DC Historic Sites team
In 1855, Philip Fenwick is listed in assessment records as the owner of 145 acres in Northwest Washington and seven unidentified enslaved persons.[1] Maps indicate a variety of buildings on the former…