Our Pick
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Congo Square, where jazz starts
1817
Tremé, New Orleans
Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Enslaved people were permitted to gather here on Sundays under the French Code Noir and kept drumming and dance that were suppressed everywhere else in the South. The rhythms that survived here run through jazz, rhythm and blues, and rock.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
Location: documented spot
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