The Gallatin Street Market
The Gallatin Street Market
The Gallatin Street Market was a secret.
The Gallatin Street bordellos were one too.
Hidden in the shadows of New Orleans,
weathered sign, arrowed finger gave no clue.
SLAVE AUCTION
CHOICE MULATTO MALES AND FEMALES
The market would take place inside an old wharf.
No decent woman should know how or where.
Men truly thought that this was so well hidden.
In irony more wives than men were there.
3/25/18
Copyright © Janis Medders Tobechi | Year Posted 2018
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