Slaves and Slave Owner by Hannah Cage

2,000 Africans were brought to New Orleans by the French between the years of 1717-1721. When cotton was the main commodity New Orleans was the hub for the cotton trade. The slaves were used on cotton plantations. New Orleans was known for buying and selling, and shipping and receiving both cotton and slaves. (1)

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Madame LaLaurie was a well-known slave owner who terrorized the slaves that she and her husband owned. A room was found in the home with seven slaves who were mutilated, suspended by their necks, with limbs that were stretched and torn. The LaLaurie family disappeared and many different rumors surfaced where they had relocated to. After a home restoration there were slave bodies found underneath floor boards of the home. (2)

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New Orleans Plantations

Destrehan Plantation

Evergreen Plantation

Houmas House Plantation

Laura: A Creole Plantation

Oak Alley Plantation

Ormond Plantation

Poche Plantation

San Francisco Plantation

St. Joseph Plantation

Whitney Plantation

Works Cited

1. Eve Abrams, “Remembering New Orleans’ Overlooked Ties to Slavery,” NPR, 18 Jul. 2015, https://www.npr.org/2015/07/18/423803204/remembering-new-orleans-overlooked-ties-to-slavery.

2. Scotty Rushing, “Madame LaLaurie – The Sadistic Slave Owner of the French Quarter,” Historic Mysteries, 28 Feb. 2017, https://www.historicmysteries.com/madame-lalaurie-female-serial-killer/.

3. “Delphine LaLaurie – Wikipedia.” Google Search, Google, 31 Jan. 2017, https://www.google.com/search?q=lalaurie+mansion+pic&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=cUn8A3vC2xEsmM%253A%252CVnE6a8KwrjEBmM%252C_&usg=__TWRCmjYnyJjd17fjoh-HnXYm01U%3D&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi-l-PZ9LXYAhUM04MKHQ3 iC4kQ9QEIOTAH#imgrc=cUn8A3vC2xEsmM.

Hannah Cage