page_title: John Fox Slater
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hierarchical_section_title: John Fox Slater / Other
caption_attribution_description: English: John Fox Slater House, 352 East Main Street, Norwich (New London County, Connecticut) cropped This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports. When reusing please credit: Library of Congress, Prints &amp; Photographs Division, CONN,6-NOR,5-2 This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing. This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person’s official duties under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code. Note: This only applies to original works of the Federal Government and not to the work of any individual U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, county, municipality, or any other subdivision. This template also does not apply to postage stamp designs published by the United States Postal Service since 1978. (See § 313.6(C)(1) of Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices). It also does not apply to certain US coins; see The US Mint Terms of Use. This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. Object location41°&#160;31′&#160;26″&#160;N, 72°&#160;04′&#160;38″&#160;W&#160;View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap - Google Earth
context_page_description: John Fox Slater was an American philanthropist known for assisting the education of freedmen after the Civil War.
context_section_description: The John Fox Slater House in Norwich, Connecticut is another legacy.  His son William A. Slater presented the Slater Memorial Museum to Norwich Free Academy in memory of his father.
  The John Fox Slater Elementary School in Washington, D.C., now closed, was named in his honor.  The building is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
caption: John Fox Slater House
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