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He became "one of the wealthiest planters" in Louisiana, and the owner of hundreds of slaves. [4] During the American Civil War of 1861–1865, Barrow financed the construction of submarines for the Confederate States Navy. [5] He lost much of his wealth as a result of the war, however much was regained back to his family and descendants. [2]
Economic historians have found that by the time of the American Civil War, Lapice was one of the largest slave holders in St. James Parish, Louisiana. [15] Records from one Louisiana parish show that the firm Lapice Brothers produced 600 hogsheads of sugar and 25,000 gallons molasses in 1860, by using the labor of 245 enslaved people. [15]
James Henry Hammond (1807–1864), U.S. Senator and South Carolina governor, defender of slavery, and owner of more than 300 slaves. [134] Wade Hampton I (c. 1752 – 1835), American general, Congressman, and planter. One of the largest slave-holders in the country, he was alleged to have conducted experiments on the people he enslaved. [135] [136]
Exhibit inside the Slavery Museum at Whitney Plantation Historic District, St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana. Following Robert Cavelier de La Salle establishing the French claim to the territory and the introduction of the name Louisiana, the first settlements in the southernmost portion of Louisiana (New France) were developed at present-day Biloxi (1699), Mobile (1702), Natchitoches ...
Completed in 1790, the site of a tribunal after 1811 German Coast Uprising, the largest slave rebellion in U.S. history. Restored by a nonprofit organization and open to the public. 87000851 Dixie Plantation: May 29, 1987: Franklin: St. Mary Parish: 85002759 Ducros Plantation: November 7, 1985: Schriever: Terrebonne
In slave societies, nearly everyone – free and slave – aspired to enter the slaveholding class, and upon occasion some former slaves rose into slaveholders' ranks. Their acceptance was grudging, as they carried the stigma of bondage in their lineage and, in the case of American slavery, color in their skin. [10]
Liddell was the second largest slave owner in Catahoula parish, with 115 slaves, while Jones owned 101 slaves. Each served as the patriarch of his respective family, with children who also would become participants in the feud.
When Pierre died in 1814 he was the wealthiest planter and largest land and slave owner in Iberville Parish. Pierre and Rose were buried on their plantation. The remains were later removed to a large family tomb in the St. Raphael Cemetery at Bayou Goula, Iberville Parish, Louisiana, built in 1860 by Pierre Cyprien Ricard, their grandson, and ...