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Descendants confront slave trading past of Isaac Franklin
Maine Tennessee and Maryland cousins uncover their link to Isaac Franklin the pre Civil War slave trader. They reach out to Freedom House in Alexandria and donate to raise awareness while facing historic guilt and ongoing museum funding struggles.
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Maine
Maryland
Tennessee
Lyn Hoyt
Nashville
Tenn
Hoyt
Isaac Franklin
United States
John Armfield
Alexandria
Deep South
Old Town
Freedom House
Northern Virginia Urban League
Charlottesville
Texas
University of Virginia
Louisiana
Virginia
Delaware
Armfield
Natchez
Miss
New Orleans
Franklin
Gallatin
Edward Ball
Smithsonian Magazine
Joshua Rothman
University of Alabama
Franklin and
Duke Street
Urban League
Northern Virginia
Tracey Walker
William Whitney
Whitney
NAACP
New York
Jenny van Bibber Orr
Armfield Franklin van Bibber
Georgia
William Sherman
Atlanta
Savannah
Orr
West Paris
Gallatin, Tenn
Hitler
Houston
Joy Franklin
Gall
Atin
Lyn
Walker
Nashington Post
Gary Carr
Northern Virginia Urban League Guild
Franklin and Armfield
Freedom House Museum