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Stories of Enslaved People

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MEA Website

May 28, 2025
Memorializing the Enslaved in Arlington now has its own website.
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Dedication Ceremony 4_6_2025

March 26, 2025
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Dedication Ceremony

March 6, 2025
The Arlington Historical Society and the Black Heritage Museum of Arlington will be unveiling the first of a series of "Stumbling Stones." These bronze markers commemorate the lives of the enslaved people who helped build our county (and our country).
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The History of Slavery at the Ball-Sellers House

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Stumbling Stone Progress

November 26, 2024
Students are learning not only about high-tech engraving but also the local history of enslavement. 
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Sandy Watts

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Lewis Howard (1834-1896)

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The Story of Esther

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Wesley Norris

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Lucy Honesty

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Ada Gray

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Wesley Snowden

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