Auctions of enslaved people were common on the steps of the Old Courthouse. The slave market of Bernard Lynch was nearby, and the enslaved were often marched from his pens to the courthouse to be sold.

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Auctions of enslaved people were common on the steps of the Old Courthouse. The slave market of Bernard Lynch was nearby, and the enslaved were often marched from his pens to the courthouse to be sold.