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Natchez, cotton money and the Forks of the Road
1830
Natchez, Mississippi
Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Before the war Natchez had more millionaires per head than anywhere in America, on cotton and on the second-largest slave market in the South at the Forks of the Road. The mansions survived because the town surrendered without a fight.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
Location: historic site
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