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  • 5/5 Shawn A. 1 year ago on Google
    Small and informative site where slaves were bought and sold. Pulls no punches. Sobering.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Jelle Z. 2 years ago on Google
    This is a place of great historical significance and importance and deserves your attention. It is however very tiny, and not very accessible. It's truly a shame that a place of such horror is not remembered well. Especially considering the kind of attention the houses in Natchez that where build on the backs of those who where sold here do get. I sincerely hope this place will be improved in the future.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Gregory H. 2 years ago on Google
    Real shackles and chains cast in concrete. Conveys a message of our sordid past, Hope it remains
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Cheryl B. 3 years ago on Google
    Dedication done by the National Parks Society! Mixed emotions! Sad and angry! 2nd largest Trading Post of SLAVES (HUMAN FLESH)! Who's bright idea was it to sell people!
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 The Iron Q. 1 year ago on Google
    Education is necessary or history repeats itself. Visit if you can- it was the second largest enslaved human (African American) sales block in the country. Make sure your children see the chains in the concrete. History unlearned repeats itself - never again in America, please!
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Laura C. 2 years ago on Google
    Like every other country in the world, we all have parts of our past that we wish we could change. But life doesn't work like that. The best way to honor those who lived during those difficult times is to never let it happen again.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Virginia P. 2 years ago on Google
    Probably one of the most heart wrenching and powerful stops on our trip. We must remember our past to learn from it - no matter how painful.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Cheryl A. 1 year ago on Google
    Personally very moving experience. To realize what took place there and then to come upon the leg irons embedded in concrete literally made me gasp. The viewing of all of it brought me to tears.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Phil A. 10 months ago on Google
    Simple but powerful presentation at a major hub of the slave trade. Emphasizing the depravity of people using/abusing their power over others for the sake of financial gain. This is a public display with multiple information boards that tour we were on stopped at.

  • 5/5 tvmo5 5 months ago on Google
    The history of black lives always amaze me, the struggle for life building through courage and strength moving into power all over the world

  • 4/5 Darrell W. 10 months ago on Google
    When you learn of the depths of the story at this site, it becomes a spiritual encounter

  • 4/5 Kenneth M. 1 year ago on Google
    This place is a huge part of southern history.

  • 5/5 Lori K. 1 year ago on Google
    This is a great stop. They have very informative billboards.

  • 4/5 Jo B. 1 year ago on Google
    Hard to believe this part of history. Sobering memorial but informative

  • 5/5 Sherwin C. 1 year ago on Google
    It a tough pill to swallow but it's a part of this old Southern heritage. Built on the backs of others. I never loose sight of the pass in the South because never looses sight of me.

  • 5/5 A. T. 1 year ago on Google
    Enjoyed this stop on our trip . Reading the history was very educational and interesting. It's an easy stop with pull off area. It's a free public area .

  • 5/5 Lea 1 year ago on Google
    Important to learn even the ugliest parts of American history.

  • 5/5 Merry S. 2 years ago on Google
    Extremely educational experience! Heart breaking but never forget so we don't repeat our past tragedies

  • 5/5 Kate S. 3 years ago on Google
    They do not sugar coat the tragedy of enslavement and human exploitation. The small monument of real manacles embedded in concrete is visceral and not meant to leave one feeling comfortable, and it succeeds in its message.


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