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of the George W. P. Custis will.

With his family, William Syphax settled in the District of Columbia when he was 11 years old. The city had a large community of free people of color, and the Syphaxes became part of the elite. As a young man, Syphax began working for the United States Department of the Interior in 1851. He also built connections throughout the city.

During the American Civil War,

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