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Born Here, Freed Here Walking Tour
October 1, 2026 · Source: National Park Service
Join a park ranger for a 45-minute walking tour of the site where Booker T. Washington was born and freed at the age of 9. Learn about Washington’s enslaved childhood on the Burroughs plantation and his emancipation here in 1865.
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