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| FREEDMAN’S VILLAGE,
ARLINGTON,
VIRGINIA |
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Harper's Weekly, May 7, 1864, page
294 (Article) |
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| We give on page 293 a view of the
Freedman’s Village, established on Arlington Heights, Virginia, by the Government.
The village is a neat and extensive collection of frame-houses, erected especially for the
use of such contrabands as, failing to provide for themselves, become a burden to the
Government. The village is surrounded by farmland, which the negroes cultivate for their
support. To Colonel Elias M. Greene is due the principal credit of thus assisting the
negroes to help themselves. |
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| All the smartest and strongest among
the released slaves find employment as servants of different kinds—barbers,
teamsters, etc. But there is still a number who fail to get employment, and these Colonel
Greene has tried to make self-supporting on the Government lands, and so far with
considerable success. |
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| The village is quite lively, having
a large number of children in it. For these there is a schoolhouse; there is, besides, a
"home" for the aged, a hospital, church, tailor and other work-shops, with other
public buildings. The principal street is over a quarter of a mile long, and the place
presents a clean and prosperous appearance at all times. |
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| Harper's Weekly, May
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