Congo Square

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Congo Square is a historic public space in New Orleans renowned as a gathering place where enslaved Africans and free people of color preserved and developed musical and cultural traditions that helped give rise to jazz.

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Label Occurrences
Congo Square canonical 7
Congo Square tradition 1

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Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural heritage site ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
public square ⓘ
associatedWithEthnicGroup African Americans ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans

enslaved Africans ⓘ
free people of color ⓘ
associatedWithMusicGenre Afro-Caribbean music ⓘ
blues ⓘ
linked to: Blues

drum and dance traditions ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
city New Orleans ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
hasCulturalOrigin African diaspora ⓘ
Afro-Caribbean traditions ⓘ
Central African traditions ⓘ
West African traditions ⓘ
hasFeature commemorative sculptures ⓘ
historical markers ⓘ
open plaza ⓘ
performance space ⓘ
hasNameInPast Place Congo ⓘ
Place des Nègres ⓘ
hasUse marketplace ⓘ
music performance venue ⓘ
public gathering place ⓘ
religious and spiritual gathering place ⓘ
heritageDesignation New Orleans historic landmark ⓘ
historicalRole center for drumming and dancing in colonial and antebellum New Orleans ⓘ
market where enslaved people sold goods and produce ⓘ
site where enslaved Africans could gather on Sundays ⓘ
space for maintaining African religious practices ⓘ
influenced Mardi Gras Indian traditions ⓘ
brass band music of New Orleans ⓘ
early jazz ⓘ
second line traditions ⓘ
influencedBy Code Noir regulations allowing Sunday gatherings ⓘ
locatedIn Louisiana ⓘ
New Orleans ⓘ
United States ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Louis Armstrong Park ⓘ
Treme neighborhood ⓘ
notableFor African and Afro-Caribbean musical traditions ⓘ
African dance traditions ⓘ
gatherings of enslaved Africans and free people of color ⓘ
influence on African American culture ⓘ
influence on New Orleans music ⓘ
preservation of African cultural practices among enslaved people ⓘ
role in the development of jazz ⓘ
partOf Louis Armstrong Park ⓘ
significantPeriod 18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
touristAttraction true ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Municipal Auditorium (New Orleans) → locatedNear → Congo Square ⓘ
subject linked to: Municipal Auditorium
Donald Harrison Jr. → associatedWith → Congo Square tradition ⓘ
linked to: Congo Square
Marie Laveau → associatedWith → Congo Square ⓘ
Treme neighborhood → hasLandmark → Congo Square ⓘ
Louis Armstrong Park → hasLandmark → Congo Square ⓘ