Forks of the Road - Natchez, MS
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jdwms_1950
N 31° 33.360 W 091° 23.080
15R E 653316 N 3492354
Forks of the Road - Natchez, MS
Waymark Code: WMJ0J1
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 09/05/2013
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Forks of the Road
Site of the South's second largest slave market in the 19th century. Enslaved people were also once sold on city streets and at the landing at Natchez Under the Hill. Natchez slaves were freed in July, 1863, when Union troops occupied the city. The Forks of the Road market then became a refuge for hundreds of emancipated people.
Date Installed:: 1998
Organization that placed the object:: Mississippi Department of Archives and History
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