African Americans and the Natchez Trace

Black Experience on the Natchez Trace: February is Black History Month

 

 

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  Life Reinvented

  Enslaved People Created a Culture

  Some were captured and delivered to a strange land. Others were born into slavery. To maintain, they created a survival culture.

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  Enslaved People

  They Didn't have a Choice

  Here are some names, numbers and listings. Much information was lost over time. These are the people who were enslaved.

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  Places that Enslaved

  Plantations Abounded Along the Old Trace

  Plantations were large and small. They were extravagant and undistinguished. Wealth was measured in the numbers of human beings owned.