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In the late 1700s, newly captured Africans walked this route from the docks to slave jails near 15th and Franklin Streets, chained at the neck and legs and marched at night to avoid offending citizens with their oozing sores, filth, and stench from the slave ships. From the 1820’s to the Civil War, the route was walked in the other direction as Richmond shipped “Surplus” slaves to markets like New Orleans for resale to huge sugar cane and cotton plantations. The purposeful breeding and sale of humans became an important part of plantation economics in Virginia.
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Richmond, Virginia · United States
