Bruin's Slave Jail

Bruin's Slave Jail
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
Bruin's Slave Jail in 2022
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Location	1707 Duke St., Alexandria, Virginia
Coordinates	38°48′15″N 77°3′32″W / 38.80417°N 77.05889°W / 38.80417; -77.05889
Area	less than one acre
Built	1819
Architectural style	Federal
NRHP reference No.	00000890[1]
VLR No.	100-0047
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	August 14, 2000
Designated VLR	December 1, 1999[2]

Bruin's Slave Jail is a two-story brick building in Alexandria, Virginia, from which slave trader Joseph Bruin imprisoned slaves. Bruin's company, called Bruin and Hill, transported enslaved Americans of African descent to slave markets in the Southern United States. At the start of the American Civil War, Bruin was captured and imprisoned in Washington, D.C. His property, including the slave jail, was confiscated by U.S. Marshals and used as the Fairfax County Courthouse until 1865. All that remains today of the entire compound is a two-story brick structure that housed the enslaved people. Bruin's home, kitchen, and wash-house no longer remain.

• Slave markets and slave jails in the United States

Media related to Bruin's Slave Jail at Wikimedia Commons

• Joseph Bruin and the Slave Trade, Official 2007 Historic Redevelopment Report
• Information on Bruin's Slave Jail from Virginia African Heritage Program
• Archaeology: Digging up History at the Bruin Slave Jail