New Orleans Slave Depot

The directories leave a paper trail. In 1846 the firm of Peterson and Stewart was listed at Common and Franklin streets; by 1861 the city directory put Thomas Foster at 76 and 78 Baronne Street, one of several traders with Baronne addresses. Over those years presses and traders that had clustered near Gravier and Freret gave way to a district of pens and sales offices. The enslaved men, women and children held and sold from these rooms almost never appear in such listings by name; the traders do, with their street numbers.

Where it stands

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