1857 Map of Lexington

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This file appears in: Cheapside Slave Auction Block
1857 Map of Lexington

This birds-eye view map of Lexington shows the city in 1857. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: Cheapside Slave Auction Block

By Andrew Patrick
Historical Marker #2122 remembers Lexington’s Cheapside slave auction block and the thousands of enslaved Kentuckians sold here. For decades before the Civil War, Lexington was the center of the slave trade in Kentucky. Located in the heart of…