"Old slave block in St. Louis Hotel, New Orleans, La."

ID: 3786 ~ Source: Library of Congress ~ Creator: Detroit Publishing Co. ~ Date: 1906

This file appears in: St. Louis Hotel & Exchange: Auctioning Off Lives

This 1906 photograph shows the auction block of the St. Louis Hotel & Exchange. Everything from paintings, goods, and slaves were auctioned off from this exact block over a century and half ago.

This file appears in: St. Louis Hotel & Exchange: Auctioning Off Lives

St. Louis Hotel & Exchange: Auctioning Off Lives

By Brett Todd, Kate Mason & Kathryn O'Dwyer, Editor

Numerous 19th-century travelers who frequented New Orleans for business and pleasure described the slave auction block in St. Louis Hotel. Sensationalism aside, visitors recorded their surprise at the…