Second largest slave-tradE center of the south Before the Civil War, Natchez was the location of the second busiest slave-trading market in the Deep South at a site known as the Forks of the Road. Natchez was the epicenter of American capitalism
PROUD TO TAKE A STAND COMMEMORATING THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT OF THE 1960’S *All participants were arrested and charged with parading without a permit. filled, those over 12 years of age were sent to Parchman Penitentiary, more than 200 miles away. This