Montgomery in Montgomery County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

The Transatlantic Slave Trade

Photographed by Mark Hilton, May 31, 2018

1. The Transatlantic Slave Trade Marker

Inscription. The Transatlantic Slave Trade killed millions of African people. Men, women, and children were kidnapped and taken in chains to the Americas to create wealth for Europeans. For over two centuries, enslaved black people in the United States were bartered, sold, abused exploited, tortured, and confined in involuntary servitude. An ideology of white supremacy allowed courts and political leaders to justify the enslavement of black people even though the Constitution required liberty and justice for all. In the 19th century, the Domestic Slave Trade brought over a million enslaved black people to the American South. After emancipation, more than 90 percent of all African Americans in the United States lived in the South.

Kwame Akoto-Bamfo (b. 1983)
Nkyinkyim Installation, 2018
Concrete

Erected 2018 by the Equal Justice Initiative.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Civil Rights. A significant historical year for this entry is 2018.

Location. 32° 22.341′ N, 86° 18.8′ W. Marker is in Montgomery, Alabama, in Montgomery County. It can be reached from Caroline Street south of Clayton Street, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 417 Caroline Street, Montgomery AL 36104, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Alabama’s Tri-Counties River Region.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Black Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

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At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The National Memorial for Peace and Justice (a few steps from this marker); Racial Inequality in the United States (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Montgomery Racial Segregation on Buses (about 300 feet away); Old Ship A.M.E. Zion Church (about 600 feet away); Marching On (about 700 feet away); The Five Points Area: A Unique Blend of Communities in 1965 (about 700 feet away); Kahl Montgomery / Catoma Street Church of Christ (approx. 0.2 miles away); Montgomery: Learning From the Past / Bernard Whitehurst and the Whitehurst Case (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Montgomery.

Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker.

Also see . . . The Britannica on the Transatlantic Slave Trade. (Submitted on May 31, 2018, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)

Marker with the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in background. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, May 31, 2018

2. Marker with the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in background.

African slaves in chains statue next to marker. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, May 31, 2018

3. African slaves in chains statue next to marker.

Sculpture by Kwame Akoto-Bamfo.

Marker located at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, May 31, 2018

4. Marker located at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice.

The Transatlantic Slave Trade statues. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, April 6, 2024

5. The Transatlantic Slave Trade statues.

Credits. This page was last revised on April 6, 2024. It was originally submitted on May 31, 2018, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 690 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on May 31, 2018, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. 5. submitted on April 6, 2024, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.