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and became a member of Grimes's church in 1854. When Burns's former slaveholder discovered where Burns was living, he ordered his arrest. Grimes led a fierce effort to free Burns from jail, but the trial commenced, and the judge, in accordance with the
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unveiled a plaque honoring Grimes on the site of his former home—the residence he owned from 1836 to 1846 at the corner of 22nd and H Streets NW, Washington, D.C., now in the center of GW's
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