Natchez Trace is one of the most sobering sites to visit in the south.  Many Africans were forced to march along this trail toward their fate in the slave markets in Mississippi.  It is hard to imagine the thoughts going through the minds of the enslaved along the trail.  It is even harder to imagine the minds of those who forced them to march, and how they justified their actions.
The trail has existed for approximately 500 years, and is so worn in this spot that the trail surface has been worn down several feet form the original surface level.