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Sir John Hawkins

 Captain of the first slave ship called JESUS

left England for Africa to the coast of Sierra Leone in 1562

and continued the journey to the Americas

with over 300 slaves on board

confiscated from a portugease ship.

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 ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_slave_trade

 

 

 

 

 

 

Auction House

Georgia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Old Slave Market built in 1758

Louisville, Georgia.

Jefferson County was created 1796.

In the beginning this area belonged to Burke County.

 

Louisville was a market where people would sell any and everything, including slaves. It is the only remaining slave-trading site in the state of Georgia, and was the largest slave market in the state for many years.

The dark side of this market is the slave trade that fueled the local economy.

When importation of slaves became illegal in 1808 the market in Savannah closed. Smugglers had to move their goods inland for sale to the market at Louisville also for illegal trades.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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