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On December 20, 1856, an estate inventory on a 670-acre plantation recorded 16 enslaved people by name, age, and assigned monetary value: Charles, 17, $1,000; John, 20, $1,000; Peter, 25, $1,000; Henry, 25, $1,000; Hannah and child, 29, $900; Louisa, 28, $800; Harriet, 28, $800; Daniel, 11, $500; Laura, 9, $300; Ann, 9, $300; Sandy, 6, $250; Sealy, 7, $200; Bill, 4, $200; Cora, 4, $150; and Sally, 56, $100. Some were forced to raise livestock and grow crops on the plantation, while others were forced to work in the owner’s houses in Alexandria. Their lives and legacies should be remembered.
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