| Current Poll |
Are you for armed guards at schools?
View Results
|
|
Story Archives: Forks of the Road 1834: George & Jane sold for $1,700
- 2013 - 290 articles
- 2012 - 856 articles
- 2011 - 635 articles
- 2010 - 1276 articles
- December 2010 - 59 articles
- November 2010 - 56 articles
- October 2010 - 73 articles
- September 2010 - 128 articles
- September 30th, 2010 (Thursday) - 7 articles
- September 29th, 2010 (Wednesday) - 14 articles
- September 28th, 2010 (Tuesday) - 1 articles
- September 23rd, 2010 (Thursday) - 6 articles
- September 22nd, 2010 (Wednesday) - 15 articles
- September 15th, 2010 (Wednesday) - 17 articles
- September 9th, 2010 (Thursday) - 24 articles
- September 8th, 2010 (Wednesday) - 6 articles
- September 3rd, 2010 (Friday) - 3 articles
- September 2nd, 2010 (Thursday) - 24 articles
- September 1st, 2010 (Wednesday) - 11 articles
- August 2010 - 123 articles
- July 2010 - 137 articles
- June 2010 - 105 articles
- May 2010 - 103 articles
- April 2010 - 143 articles
- March 2010 - 136 articles
- February 2010 - 98 articles
- January 2010 - 115 articles
- 2009 - 1591 articles
- 2008 - 1763 articles
|
Forks of the Road 1834: George & Jane sold for $1,700
 In 1834, one of the planters at the Natchez slave market known as Forks of the Road told a trader he was looking for a coachman.
"This one may suit you, sir," said the trader. "George, step out here."
Brought in bondage to Natchez, George, age 23, was from Virginia where he had driven a carriage for his master for more than four years and had learned to masterfully handle horses. He was forced to leave behind a wife in Richmond and he knew he would never see her again.
(For full story subscribe to Sentinel E-Edition.) |
|
| Frank Morris Murder Series |
|
|
E-mail Story
Print Story
