The place on River Falls Road

Alabama · United States · Prison

Down the road past the boat ramp, along a field, there is a track. Local people say it leads to a building where people were held.

Go down River Falls Road away from Andalusia, Alabama, cross the bridge and turn right as if heading towards Point A. At the boat ramp, look left. A road runs beside a field, and it leads to the site.

What local people call it is a slave prison.

The instruction that comes with it is to walk down the road late at night and sing a gospel hymn.

That detail is the entry, and it should be read carefully. The response to this place is not a dare or a ritual for a fright. It is a hymn, sung by people who understand what the ground is, in a tradition that came directly out of slavery and is still sung in the churches of this county.

Whether a building of that description stood here is a question for the county record. Covington County was cotton country and people were held and sold across this state.

The land is private.

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The place on River Falls Road is in Alabama, United States.