Slave Market
Posted by: 
Markerman62
N 29° 53.555 W 081° 18.691
17R E 469922 N 3306923
Located in the plaza in downtown St. Augustine.
Waymark Code: WMM4MB
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 07/20/2014
Views: 11
From 1605 to 1765 there stood on this site a guard house and watch tower.
Under British rule it became the market and place of public auction ever since called the Slave Market.
Marker Number: 0
Date: July 2, 1930
County: St Johns
Marker Type: Plaque
Sponsored or placed by: This tablet authorized by the following committee appointed by the City of St. Augustine-Harold Colee-Pres. St. Aug. Historical Society, Col Herbert Felkel-Editor St. Aug. Record, C. Morton Matting, M.D. Tourists, Nina Hawkins-Member -D.A.R., Robt. Ranson
Website: Not listed
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