1a. THE TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE TO LOUISIANA

A 1745 engraved map depicts North and West Africa and the archipelagos of the Canary, Madeira, and Cape Verde Islands.
1745 map, showing Greater Senegambia, the Gold Coast, and the Bight of Benin


While you are standing on the Mississippi River bank, listen to Track 1a. The Transatlantic Slave Trade to Louisiana (above).


Next we will head over to the home of businessman and slave trader Jean Francois Merieult on Royal Street.


On the way, walk and listen to Track 1b. The Collapse and Renewal of the Transatlantic Slave Trade.