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The Old Slave Mart is a building located at 6 Chalmers Street in Charleston, South Carolina that once housed an antebellum-period slave-auction gallery. [2] Constructed in 1859, the building is believed to be the last extant slave auction facility in South Carolina.
A pile of old rubbish lay upon the floor, — sermons, tracts, magazines, books, papers, musty and mouldy, turning into pulp beneath the rain-drops which came down through the shattered roof. ¶ Amid these surroundings was the Slave-Mart, — a building with a large iron gate in front, above which, in large gilt letters, was the word MART.
One of the most famous remaining slave market buildings in the United States is the Old Slave Mart in Charleston, South Carolina. Throughout the first half of the 19th century, slaves brought into Charleston were sold at public auctions held on the north side of the Exchange and Provost building. [37]
Old Plymouth Congregational Church (CP) Old Slave Mart (NR) The Parsonage/Miss Izard's School (HM) John Schnierle Jr./Alonzo J. Ransier House (CP) Plymouth Church/Plymouth Parsonage (HM) Saint Mark's Episcopal Church (CP) The Seizure of the Planter (HM) James Simons Elementary School/Desegregation of Charleston Schools (HM) Slave Auctions (HM)
Some slave owners may have had jails on their land for just their own personal slaves. A photo album of historic spots in Mississippi that was created about 1937 by the WPA Federal Writers' Project has a photo of a pleasant-looking house with a caption that reads, "Above: Sea Glen, Hancock County, Old Claiborne Plantation.
Old Slave Mart, Charleston, SC. The Negro Pilgrimage in America [4] or the African Past [5] The story of the African Americans begins in Africa. Early histories of Africa considered it the 'Dark Continent', both in the sense of the color of its people, but also for its lack of known civilizations.
Broker was the euphemism commonly used in Charleston to describe slave traders. [1] DeSaussure was one of the brokers who made use of the building now known as the Old Slave Mart. [7] At the time of the 1860 census, DeSaussure was a resident of Charleston, occupation broker, real estate valued at $20,000, personal estate valued at $25,000. [8]
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