Alfred Crockett Home - Northeast African American Historic Places Map (sitios de interés)
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136 E Walnut St
Washington, PA 15301
This house was the home of Alfred Crockett, a baby born into slavery in 1829 in Frederick, Maryland. Crockett secretly married a woman known as "Muddy" and had three children. When Crockett’s plantation owner died, he fled via the Underground Railroad and bought his freedom in Washington, Pa. Crockett enlisted in the U.S. Colored Troops Company G, Regiment 32, in 1864. After receiving an honorable discharge, he worked until he earned enough money to send for his family and buy a home, 130 East Walnut Street, in Washington. The Crocketts raised nine children in this home.
Washington, PA 15301
This house was the home of Alfred Crockett, a baby born into slavery in 1829 in Frederick, Maryland. Crockett secretly married a woman known as "Muddy" and had three children. When Crockett’s plantation owner died, he fled via the Underground Railroad and bought his freedom in Washington, Pa. Crockett enlisted in the U.S. Colored Troops Company G, Regiment 32, in 1864. After receiving an honorable discharge, he worked until he earned enough money to send for his family and buy a home, 130 East Walnut Street, in Washington. The Crocketts raised nine children in this home.