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From YouTube: FREEDMEN'S VILLAGE GOOD PT1
Description
A segment of AVN's monthly magazine program, Here/now, this in studio interview with Dr. Talmadge Williams, Chairman of the Black Heritage Museum of Arlington, VA, explores the little known story of Freedmen's Village.
A
In
the
1860s
as
a
civil
war
rage,
the
DC
area
became
a
destination
point,
but
thousands
and
thousands
of
freed
slaves
coming
up
from
the
south.
The
story
of
what
became
of
those
slaves
is
really
one
of
the
most
interesting
and
little-known
stories
in
Arlington
history
and
to
help
us
learn
a
little
bit
about
this
story.
We
have
with
us
today
dr.
Talmadge
williams.
Dr
williams
was
formerly
the
president
of
the
arlington
branch
of
the
n-double-a-cp
and
is
currently
chairman
of
the
Black
Heritage
Museum
of
Arlington,
dr.
Williams.
A
It's
a
real
honor
to
have
you
with
us
today
here
in
Arlington,
we
are
surrounded
by
so
much
history,
I
see
it
every
day,
but
I
feel
like
I,
don't
really
know
much
about
it
and
there's
one
area
in
particular
that
I've
heard
about
Friedman's
village.
Can
you
tell
us
a
little
bit
about
how
it
got
its
start
where
it
was
located?
B
B
Cemetery
and
then
friedman's
village,
Freeman's
village
was
located
on
the
southernmost
part
of
arlington
cemetery,
and
it
was
built
there
by
the
federal
government
to
house
the
free
slaves
that
were
coming
here
from
the
south.
After
the
Civil
War,
we
have
an
overabundance
of
free
slaves
coming
into
Washington.
You
know
trying
to
find
refuse
for
what
it,
except.