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Forks of the Road
Site of the South's second largest slave market in the 19t...
Forks of the Old Federal Road
The Old Federal Road, leading across the Indian Country fr...
Forks of the Road Historical Site
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Natchez in the Center of Slavery<...
Forks of the Road
Three miles north lies the Mojave River and the site of Fo...
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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 ...
Forks of the Old Federal Road
The Old Federal Road, leading across the Indian Country from the Cherokee boundary, in the direction of Athens, branched at this point toward Knoxville and Nashville. The right turn led northward into Tennessee via Chatsworth and Tennga, while the left ...
Forks of the Road Historical Site
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Natchez in the Center of Slavery
Slavery is central to American history. The labor of enslaved African Americans built much of the nation’s wealth and enabled it to gain its economic independence. The enslavement of people who challenged America’s ...
Forks of the Road
Three miles north lies the Mojave River and the site of Forks of the Road. This was the junction of two major travel routes: The Old Spanish or Salt Lake Trail and The Ancient Mojave River Trail. In the 1830s ...