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Gilbert Denison Douglas

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Gilbert Denison Douglas

Birth
New London, New London County, Connecticut, USA
Death
30 Jun 1837 (aged 53)
Otterville, Jersey County, Illinois, USA
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Otterville, Jersey County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Douglas was the man who took in former slave George Washington when his former owner, Dr. Silas Hamilton, died. All three are buried side by side in a crypt across from the Hamilton Primary School, which was the first free integrated school in the United States.
Douglas was the man who took in former slave George Washington when his former owner, Dr. Silas Hamilton, died. All three are buried side by side in a crypt across from the Hamilton Primary School, which was the first free integrated school in the United States.

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