Francis Scott Key by Marylou Morano Kjelle

Author:Marylou Morano Kjelle
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mitchell Lane

Key and others wanted Liberia to be a place where those who had been slaves could truly be free. The first ship left for Liberia in 1820 with 88 black colonists. Many died of disease a few weeks after arriving in Liberia.

Key and his family lived in the Key Mansion on M Street in Georgetown, a section of Washington, D.C. When a highway was built in the area in 1948, the Keys’ house was taken apart and the pieces stored. The pieces were stolen and the house was never put back together again.

CHAPTER FIVE

Last Years

One of Key’s friends was President Andrew Jackson. In 1833, President Jackson asked Key to go to Alabama. Pioneers had settled on land that belonged to the Creek Indians. The pioneers refused to leave, and riots had broken out. Key went to Alabama and drew up a plan under which they all could live in peace.

That same year, President Jackson made Key district attorney of Washington, D.C. As district attorney, he was the official lawyer for the capital city. Key worked as district attorney until 1841.

In January of 1843, Key caught a cold while visiting Baltimore. The cold turned to pneumonia (noo-MOH-nyah), and he died on January 11. He was buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Frederick, Maryland. His gravesite is one of just a few places allowed to fly the American flag both day and night.

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