Liberated former slaves at Foller's Farm in Cumberland Landing, Virginia in May of 1862, top, with Union liberators, below. Both photos by James F. Gibson. The top picture has been colorized. Both photos were originally stereographs.
The Price and Birch Slave Auction Pen at 283 Duke Street in Alexandria, Virginia operated right up the start of the Civil War. In the picture, below, it is occupied by Union troops in 1865.
Alexandria, Virginia was the largest slave selling location outside of New Orleans and, to the great shame of the town, there is still a Civil War rebel statue in the center of the street in Old Town.
The "Birch" in Price and Birch is the same "Burch" who snatched Solomon Northup off the streets of Washington in Twelve Years a Slave.
As for the building, it is now... wait for it... the home of the Northern Virginia Urban League.
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