Algiers in New Orleans in Orleans Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)

Enslaved Africans

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, April 27, 2018

1. Enslaved Africans Marker

Inscription.
In the 1720s, at a spot of land now eroded by the river, stood the barracks where enslaved Africans from the Senegal-Gambia region, were held before being ferried across the river to the slave auctions.
Early Algiers Point was also the home of the slaughterhouse and the powder magazine for New Orleans.

Erected by www.algiershistoricalsociety.org.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Settlements & Settlers.

Location. 29° 57.203′ N, 90° 3.309′ W. Marker is in New Orleans, Louisiana, in Orleans Parish. It is in Algiers. It can be reached from the intersection of Morgan Street and Bouny Street. Located on the Mississippi River Trail, atop the levee. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 101 Morgan Street, New Orleans LA 70114, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Louisiana’s River Parishes.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

on the Gulf Coast,

and in the Great River Road Region.

Globally, it is in North America,

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Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Algiers' Dry Docks (within shouting distance of this marker); Transatlantic Slave Trade to Louisiana (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Louis D. Armstrong (about 300 feet away); Algiers Courthouse (about 300 feet away); Historic Algiers (about 300 feet away); Duverjé Plantation (about 400 feet away); Louis Armstrong (about 400 feet away); Hardy Residence (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in New Orleans.

More about this marker. Marker is located on top of levee, along the Mississippi River Trail, a bicycle and walking path on top the levee.

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, April 27, 2018

2. Enslaved Africans Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 12, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 29, 2018, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 926 times since then and 60 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 29, 2018.