The Old Negro Mart: Charleston’s Public Slave Auction House Where Enslaved Africans Were Sold to the Highest Bidder
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The Old Negro Mart is one of the last surviving buildings in America where enslaved African men, women, and children were bought and sold before the Civil War. Located on Chalmers Street, it now stands as a museum, but in the 1850s it was a private market that where enslaved Africans were displayed. For the […]
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