The Old City Jail was built in 1803 and was a pretty horrible place to be (this is the front, which was the Jailer’s quarters). But what few people now know is that there was a building next door (which has long since been torn down) that was an even nastier place. Known as the Work House, or the Sugar House, it was where captured runaway slaves were kept and — along with other slaves who were sent there — punished. Some truly awful stuff went on there.
A local's eye view
