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By Tim Carr, August 1, 2009
Montgomery’s Slave Markets / First Emancipation Observance - 1866 Marker Side B
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| On Montgomery Street at Commerce Street, on the right when traveling west on Montgomery Street. |
| | Side A The city’s slave market was at the Artesian Basin (Court Square). Slaves of all ages were auctioned, along with land and livestock, standing in line to be inspected. Public posters advertised sales and included gender, approximate . . . — — Map (db m28187) HM |
| On Commerce Street, 0.1 miles north of Bibb Street (Alabama Route 108), on the right when traveling north. |
| | The Montgomery Slave Trade
Montgomery had grown into one of the most prominent slave trading communities in Alabama by 1860. At the start of the Civil War, the city had a larger slave population than Mobile, New Orleans, or Natchez, . . . — — Map (db m70715) HM |
| On Monroe Street at North Lawrence Street, on the right when traveling east on Monroe Street. |
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Montgomery's Slave Depots
Montgomery slave traders operated depots where enslaved men, women, and children were confined. The slave depots functioned as active trading sites and as detention facilities where the enslaved were held captive . . . — — Map (db m71227) HM |
| On Commerce Street at Water Street, on the left when traveling north on Commerce Street. |
| | Side 1
The Domestic Slave Trade
Beginning in the seventeenth century, millions of African people were kidnapped, sold into slavery, and shipped to the Americas as part of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. In 1808, the United States . . . — — Map (db m86427) HM |
| On Court Street at Market Plaza, on the right when traveling west on Court Street. Reported missing. |
| | At the intersection of Commerce Street and Dexter Avenue, Court Square is arguably the most historic location in America. As the center of 19th century
Southern economic and political power, Montgomery's Court Square was host to a massive slave . . . — — Map (db m91736) HM |
May. 1, 2024
