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Henry Bibb and The Slave Pens of New Orleans

By Dahlia El-Shafei, Kate Mason, editor & Kathryn O'Dwyer, editor
During the major slave-trading season, September through May, yards surrounded by high brick walls called slave pens bustled with activity in the areas surrounding the French Quarter. Slave traders forced enslaved men, women, and children to line up…
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