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This placard indicates the work yard in which the slaves worked and lived.

The King-Tisdell Cottage was also founded by W.W. Law, as a museum for the cultural achievements of turn of the century middle-class blacks in Savannah. However, the exhibits go as far back as slavery. Imani, a guide at the Cottage, is wealth of…

These shelters in Liberty Square feature banners illuminating Charleston's African American history; this particular banner about the Emancipation Proclamation reads "Henceforward Shall Be Free."

This is the main entrance to Louis Armstrong Park in the Treme just across Rampart Street from the French Quarter. Today the park honors jazz legend Louis Armstrong, but it is here where Congo Square still stands, where slaves and free blacks would…

Madame John's Legacy is a great example of Louisiana-Creole 18th c. residential architecture, and is one of the oldest remaining houses in the French Quarter. It is run by the Louisiana State Museum and was declared a National Historic Landmark in…

The Backstreet Cultural Museum, located in the Treme, is dedicated to preserving New Orleans' African American community-based masking and processional traditions. These include Mardi Gras Indians, jazz funerals, and social aid and pleasure clubs.…

This memorial, depicting blacks dancing, stands in Congo Square as a remembrance of the congregations who met here. As the placard says, "This rich legacy of African celebration is the foundation of New Orleans' unique musical traditions, including…

The Mercer Williams, more recently made famous as the house in Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, was owned by John Williams, who restored over 50 houses in the Savannah area. Today the house offers guided tours.

The Miles Brewton House was the home of Miles Brewton, a leading slave merchant who operated several slave ships.

The upper floors of the Montmollin Building housed one of the largest slaves operations in Savannah (the third floor was where the slaves were kept); it was run by John Montmollin and Alexander Bryan from the 1850s until December 1864, when Savannah…