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Porters Rest

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    Royal Artillery Memorial Statue

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      Royal Artillery Memorial

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        The Wild Table of Love

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          Gillie and Marc

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            Paternoster

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              Henry Austen's Townhouse

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                In Memory of William B. Duryee

                In Memory of William B. Duryee*First agricultural teacher, 1913-1914*First agricultural agent, 1914-1917*Sec. of Agriculture, State of New Jersey, 1925-1937*Member of Monmouth County Planning...

                In Memory of William B. Duryee*First agricultural teacher, 1913-1914*First agricultural agent, 1914-1917*Sec. of Agriculture, State of New Jersey, 1925-1937*Member of Monmouth County Planning...

                • new jersey
                • monmouth county
                • holmdel township
                • holmdel county park

                Destrehan Plantation - 1811 Slave Revolt

                Destrehan Plantation is located on the 1811 Slave Revolt Trail approximately midway between the start at the 1811 Kid Ory Historic House and the ending points of the revolutionary march near...

                Destrehan Plantation is located on the 1811 Slave Revolt Trail approximately midway between the start at the 1811 Kid Ory Historic House and the ending points of the revolutionary march...

                • louisiana
                • st. charles parish
                • 1811 slave revolt
                • civil rights

                1811 Kid Ory Historic House - 1811 Slave Revolt

                The first bloodshed in the 1811 Slave Revolt Occurred within the walls of 1811 Kid Ory Historic House. The room where the initial unrest likely happened is furnished as it would have looked in...

                The first bloodshed in the 1811 Slave Revolt Occurred within the walls of 1811 Kid Ory Historic House. The room where the initial unrest likely happened is furnished as it would have looked...

                • louisiana
                • st. john the...
                • laplace
                • civil rights
                • 1811 slave revolt

                Historic Riverlands - 1811 Slave Revolt

                Historic Riverlands Church is located in Reserve, a few miles upriver from where the Slave Revolt began in 1811. In 2005, this site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places because...

                Historic Riverlands Church is located in Reserve, a few miles upriver from where the Slave Revolt began in 1811. In 2005, this site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places...

                • louisiana
                • reserve
                • st. john the...
                • civil rights
                • 1811 slave revolt

                Natchez in the Center of Slavery - Forks of the Road

                Slavery is central to American history. The labor of enslaved African Americans built much of the nation’s wealth and enabled it to gain its economic independence. The enslavement of people also...

                Slavery is central to American history. The labor of enslaved African Americans built much of the nation’s wealth and enabled it to gain its economic independence. The enslavement of people also...

                • mississippi
                • slavery
                • civil rights

                The Business of Slavery - Forks of the Road

                Fueled by the closing of the interstate slave trade into Louisiana from 1831 through 1834, traders began flooding Natchez with their human cargo. With the increasing trader activity, Natchez...

                Fueled by the closing of the interstate slave trade into Louisiana from 1831 through 1834, traders began flooding Natchez with their human cargo. With the increasing trader activity, Natchez...

                • mississippi
                • slavery
                • civil rights

                The Forced Migration - Forks of the Road

                The Forks of the Road market served as a nexus of the largest forced migration of labor in American history.Between 1800 and 1860 more than 750,000 enslaved African-Americans were moved from the...

                The Forks of the Road market served as a nexus of the largest forced migration of labor in American history.Between 1800 and 1860 more than 750,000 enslaved African-Americans were moved from...

                • mississippi
                • slavery
                • civil rights

                The Collapse of the Trade - Forks of the Road

                The Forks of the Road was a bustling depot trading in human flesh when Mississippi, in 1837, enforced its ban on the out-of-state slaves, curtailing the markets for a period. When the law was...

                The Forks of the Road was a bustling depot trading in human flesh when Mississippi, in 1837, enforced its ban on the out-of-state slaves, curtailing the markets for a period. When the law was...

                • mississippi
                • slavery
                • civil rights

                Howard High School

                  Clifford Brown

                    Old Mill Stone

                      Isaac Ben Greggs

                      Isaac Ben Greggs  1929-2014 Band Director Southern University, Baton Rouge 1969-2005 Louisiana Black History Hall of Fame, 2013"The most important thing is not teaching the music, teaching the...

                      Isaac Ben Greggs  1929-2014 Band Director Southern University, Baton Rouge 1969-2005 Louisiana Black History Hall of Fame, 2013"The most important thing is not teaching the music, teaching...

                      • louisiana
                      • baton rouge
                      • southern university
                      • the human jukebox

                      Saint Pierre's Episcopal Church

                      Saint Pierre's Episcopal Church was organized in 1921 by Bishop Theodore DuBose Bratton, the third Bishop of Mississippi. In 1992 the congregation constructed a new sanctuary at this location...

                      Saint Pierre's Episcopal Church was organized in 1921 by Bishop Theodore DuBose Bratton, the third Bishop of Mississippi. In 1992 the congregation constructed a new sanctuary at this location...

                      • mississippi
                      • gautier
                      • church
                      • religion