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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: theking on August 31, 2023, 11:32:54 PM

Title: The almost 300 yrs old Rainbow Row I saw in SC was a way for illiterate slaves
Post by: theking on August 31, 2023, 11:32:54 PM

..to find the right house  ???:

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Different colored homes allowed slaveowners to send illiterate slaves to the correct building for the days' purchases.

Here are the photos I took of Rainbow Row in South Carolina:

(https://i.imgur.com/gGXVfst.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/m9mrt6X.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/6FqWB8U.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/HMcAIuI.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/qYYWTlW.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/sFEeEbJ.jpg)