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Congo Square: Cradle of New Orleans' Music

Congo Square: Where modern music was born in New Orleans

CONGO SQUARE @congosquarepreservationsociety Congo Square is in the vicinity of a spot which Houmas Indians used before the arrival of the French for celebrating their annual corn harvest and was considered sacred ground. The gathering of enslaved African vendors in Congo Square originated as early as the late 1740’s during Louisiana’s French colonial period and continued during the Spanish colonial era as one of the city’s public markets. By 1803, Congo Square had become famous for the gatherin