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Last year, Mississippi State University led an archaeological dig on the property, which unearthed numerous artifacts, some of which are on display for Concord’s guests, including a brick with the fingerprint of an enslaved person.
For many years, when visiting antebellum sites in Natchez, “you heard about the architecturally significant big houses, the nice beautiful grand staircase, the place settings, vaulted ceilings, drapes, and things of this nature,” said McGill.
They’ve been making money handsomely off of that story.” Tourism is the largest industry in Natchez, which is 62 percent Black as of the 2020 census; Mississippi River cruises are a major draw.
The artifacts on display include maps, a historic image of a house, and a page from a slave schedule that lists ages, sexes and sometimes names of enslaved people.
Many visitors have expressed their support for the city’s new emphasis on the lives of enslaved people, but there has been some dissent, said Roscoe Barnes III, cultural heritage tourism manager for Visit Natchez.
Rural plantations are obvious targets for inclusive storytelling, but there hasn’t been as much scrutiny on urban and suburban historical homes that held enslaved people for domestic work, like the ones in Natchez.
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What involvement did Natchez have with the Arab slave trade?