File:Slave Market, Public Square, Louisville, Jefferson County, GA HABS GA,82-LOUVI,1- (sheet 1 of 1).png

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HABS GA,82-LOUVI,1- (sheet 1 of 1) - Slave Market, Public Square, Louisville, Jefferson County, GA
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HABS GA,82-LOUVI,1- (sheet 1 of 1) - Slave Market, Public Square, Louisville, Jefferson County, GA
Depicted place Georgia; Jefferson County; Louisville
Date Documentation compiled after 1933
Dimensions 19 x 24 in. (B size)
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HABS GA,82-LOUVI,1- (sheet 1 of 1)
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  • Significance: This old Slave Market was erected in 1758, at what was then the junction of the Georgetown and Savannah Trails. Here there was an Indian trading post, and this crossroads was a meeting place of slave traders going form the up country to the rice fields further south. Many slaves were sold here. Later it became the official place for sheriff sales, as well as a community market house. The old bell was cast in France for a convent in New Orleans in 1772 by Francois Gourbillon...
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-12
  • Survey number: HABS GA-14-2
  • Building/structure dates: 1758 Initial Construction
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ga0248.sheet.00001a
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Camera location33° 00′ 05″ N, 82° 24′ 41″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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