The Forks of the Road

Grant visits the Forks of the Road memorial early on in his Natchez visit. This memorial site was the second-largest slave market in the Deep South. After this visit, Grant begins to realize that the sorrow of slavery pervades the entire town. Without the dedication of Ser Boxley, even this small memorial would be lost to time.

King's Tavern

King's Tavern is the setting for the first meeting of Richard Grant and Regina Charboneau. At this meeting, Charboneau invites Grant to stay at Twin Oaks while researching life in Natchez. King's Tavern is made of brick and timber and still resembles the eighteenth-century tavern that it once was. It remains important to the social life of Natchez in the twenty-first century.

Twin Oaks

Twin Oaks is the large antebellum home belonging to Regina Charboneau. It serves as a home base for Grant during...