Sunday, April 10, 2011

Catherine Market on lower East Side - WHERE SLAVES DANCED - New York Times

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50B11F73C5E1A738DDDA10A94DC405B8984F0D3

Headline: WHERE SLAVES DANCED; CATHARINE MARKET'S RISE AND DECLINE. CURIOUS OLD CUSTOMS WHICH DIED OUT MANY YEARS AGO--A RESORT AND EXCHANGE FOR THE BURGHERS. April 28, 1889

quotes Thomas De Voe, interviewed by a Times reporter - gives more general background on the market befofre and after 1820s

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coyotebanjo said...

Pete: really love the blog. Thought you might like to know that there is an image of slaves dancing to percussion music on the Catharine Wharf, in 1820:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_95xjTF2CWqI/SFCYgSYg8sI/AAAAAAAAA_c/8wCCneY1kQY/s320/IMG_0193.JPG

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