Sale of Anthony Washington · Memorializing the Enslaved in Arlington

event name: Sale of Anthony Washington
location: Residence of Allen L. Dodge
Identifier: EV_1559
first name: Anthony
last name: Washington
age: Adult
physical description: Man
event type: Sale
event date: 1857-09-01
value: 900
source: National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 217.6.5 [Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of Treasury, 1775-1978]. 1862. "Receipt for Purchase of Anthony by Allen Dodge from Heirs of Elizabeth Ann Chew, 1 September 1857, as found in Petition of Allen Dodge, 5 June 1862 (Petition No. 636)." District of Columbia, U.S., Slave Owner Petitions, 1862. Accessed 24 October 2024. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2159/images/31556_217988-00202. Courtesy of Ancestry.com.
place: Georgetown, DC
place type: City
sold person: Anthony Washington
enslaver: Elizabeth Ann Chew; Allen L. Dodge