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"You're standing where jazz was born. In slave-era America, every Southern state banned African drums. Except here. In eighteen seventeen, the mayor signed an ordinance restricting all gatherings to this square on Sundays only. The punishment for gathering elsewhere was ten to twenty-five lashes."
Hear the full story in the app — narrated and timed to play right where you're standing.
The Reveal
This stop is part of the tour’s larger story. An optional reveal at the end lets you revisit which details stayed perfectly honest and which got a little extra help.
Hear the full story at Congo Square
This is just one of 9 stops on the Ghosts, Graves & the Voodoo Queen tour. Download the app, put in your headphones, and experience it for real.
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