Doing some reading on ancient Egypt and came to the wealthy city of Memphis on the Nile. Got me thinking about Memphis TN and AR.
https://www.britannica.com/place/Memphis-Tennessee
"Memphis was founded in 1819 on land previously inhabited by Chickasaw Indians. Andrew Jackson, later U.S. president, was one of its founders. Memphis was named for the ancient Egyptian city (meaning “Place of Good Abode”).
Memphis grew rapidly with the expansion of cotton growing in the South and because of its transportation facilities by railroad and river. It was incorporated in 1826. A Confederate military centre early in the American Civil War, it was captured by a Union gunboat force on June 6, 1862, and remained occupied until the end of the war. One of the country’s worst race riots took place there in May 1866.
Memphis subsequently became a centre of trade for the South’s cotton. In the 1870s yellow fever devastated the city, killing more than 5,000 residents. The city went bankrupt, declined in population, and in 1879 surrendered its charter."
So prime hub of trafficking slaves then.
How about now?
https://wreg.com/2018/02/12/human-trafficking-targets-children-in-the-mid-south/
https://wreg.com/2019/01/17/man-accused-of-trafficking-memphis-runaway-for-sex/amp/#referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&_tf=From%20%251%24s
https://www.fox13memphis.com/top-stories/women-attempting-to-lure-people-into-sex-trafficking-at-mid-south-stores-facebook-posts-claim/895212014