- Collection:
- Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey
- Title:
- Slave Market, Public Square, Louisville, Jefferson County, GA
- Creator:
- Historic American Buildings Survey
- Date of Original:
- 1933/9999
- Subject:
- Louisville (Ga.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
slavery
markets - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Jefferson County, Louisville, 33.00154, -82.41124
- Medium:
- photographs
field notes - Type:
- Still Image
Text - Description:
- Photo(s): 2 | Measured Drawing(s): 2 | Data Page(s): 4
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 - Local Identifier:
- HABS GA,82-LOUVI,1-
- Metadata URL:
- http://www.loc.gov/item/ga0248/
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
- Original Collection:
- Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
- Holding Institution:
- Library of Congress
- Rights:
-
