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Old Alexandria and portrait of William Still

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Underground Railroad Walking Tour

All Alexandria Reads
2025-04-12 10:00:00 2025-04-12 11:30:00 America/New_York Underground Railroad Walking Tour Manumission Tour Company will lead a 90-minute walking tour along the King Street corridor incorporating stories from abolitionist William Still's 1872 book. Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library -

Saturday, April 12
10:00am - 11:30am

Add to Calendar 2025-04-12 10:00:00 2025-04-12 11:30:00 America/New_York Underground Railroad Walking Tour Manumission Tour Company will lead a 90-minute walking tour along the King Street corridor incorporating stories from abolitionist William Still's 1872 book. Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library -

Manumission Tour Company will lead a 90-minute walking tour along the King Street corridor incorporating stories from abolitionist William Still's 1872 book.

Beginning in front of the Kate Waller Barrett Branch, join us on a guided exploration of real life places that feature in Alexandria's involvement in The Underground Railroad. 

Manumission Tour Company

Founded in the spring of 2016, by John Taylor Chapman, a fourth generation Alexandrian and member of Alexandria City Council, Manumission Tour Company, LLC seeks to bring attention to the historical legacy of Africans and African Americans in Alexandria through curating guided cultural heritage tours.

All Alexandria Reads

Facilitated by the Alexandria Library, this program is designed to create shared experiences through reading. Everyone is invited to read the featured titles and selected books for younger readers. This year's theme is "adventure." 

Lithograph image taken from Alexandria by George Combs, Leslie Anderson and Julia M. Downie.

AGE GROUP: | Teens | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Local History | Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion | All Alexandria Reads |

TAGS: | Tours | Outdoors | Local History | black history | All Alexandria Reads | AAR |

Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library
jcahill@alexlibraryva.org
Phone: 703.746.1703
Fax: 703.746.1708
Hours
Mon, May 05 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, May 06 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, May 07 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Thu, May 08 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, May 09 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sat, May 10 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, May 11 1:00PM to 5:00PM
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About the branch

Parking: No library parking lot.  Street parking is available.  A paid parking lot is available on the 100 block of North Alfred Street. 

Public Transit:

  • Metrorail: Yellow and Blue lines at Braddock Road (1 mile) and King Street Stations (1.1 miles). 
  • Metrobus: 10A/B, 11C
  • DASH Bus: 30, 31, Old Town Circulator
  • King Street Trolley:  King & Columbus

For reasonable disability accommodation, contact jgregorio@alexlibraryva.org or call 703.746.1701 or TTY 703.746.1790.

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