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Before the Civil War, New Orleans Was the Center of the U.S. Slave Trade
Untroubled by their actions, human traffickers like Isaac Franklin built a lucrative business providing enslaved labor for Southern farmers
Before the Civil War, New Orleans Was the Center of the U.S. Slave Trade
Untroubled by their actions, human traffickers like Isaac Franklin built a lucrative business providing enslaved labor for Southern farmers