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Memphis Moment: Howard's Row

By Steve Pike

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Memphis, TN – Early in the Civil War, a massive fire on Main Street spread to an unsavory section of town called Howard's Row. The building, which was burning fiercely when help arrived, had formerly been the property of Isaac Bolton, who used it as a slave jail and market.