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     • On both sugar and cotton plantations, enslaved people endured regimented, factory-like conditions, that used advanced management strategies to enforce ruthless efficiency.
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   How did enslaved plantation workers live in antebellum Louisiana?

   • In antebellum Louisiana roughly half of all enslaved plantation workers lived in two-parent families, while roughly three-fourths lived in either single-parent or two-parent households. On large plantations enslaved families typically lived in rows of raised, wooden cabins, each consisting of two rooms, with one family occupying each room.

   Plantation Slavery in Antebellum Louisiana - 64 Parishes

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   What was the antebellum slave trade like in Louisiana?

   • Outside of New Orleans, Louisiana was mostly rural. Although antebellum slavery was mainly a rural institution, cities played an important role in the plantation economy. The business of the domestic slave trade took place in cities.

   Urban Slavery in Antebellum Louisiana - 64 Parishes

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   Where did slavery occur in the antebellum era?

   • Today, most Americans associate slavery with plantations. Yet during the antebellum era, slavery was practiced everywhere in the South, including cities. Urban enslaved people represented between 5 and 10 percent of the overall enslaved population in the United States.

   Urban Slavery in Antebellum Louisiana - 64 Parishes

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   How did enslaved people live in Louisiana?

   • Roughly 15 percent of enslaved Louisianans lived on small family farms holding fewer than ten people in bondage. In contrast to those living on large plantations, enslaved people on smaller farms worked alongside their owner, the owner’s family, and any hired enslaved people or wageworkers.

   Plantation Slavery in Antebellum Louisiana - 64 Parishes

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   Where did enslaved people live in the antebellum era?

   • However, slavery was practiced everywhere in the South during the antebellum era, including cities. About 5 to 10 percent of enslaved people in the United States lived in cities. They experienced different working conditions, living standards, and methods of racial control than those in rural areas.

   Urban Slavery in Antebellum Louisiana - 64 Parishes

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   What conditions did enslaved people endure during the antebellum period?

   • Enslaved people endured brutal conditions on sugarcane and cotton plantations during the antebellum period. Enslaved peoples' cabins and sugarcane boiling kettles at Whitney Plantation, 2021. Editor’s Note: Warning, this entry contains graphic imagery.

   Plantation Slavery in Antebellum Louisiana - 64 Parishes

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3. 64parishes.org › entry › plantation-slavery-inPlantation Slavery in Antebellum Louisiana - 64 Parishes

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   Jun 11, 2023 · The largest rebellion in US history occurred in Louisiana in 1811, when some two to five hundred enslaved plantation workers marched on New Orleans, burning sugar plantations en route, in a failed attempt to overthrow the plantation system.

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4. 64parishes.org › entry › urban-slavery-in-antebellumUrban Slavery in Antebellum Louisiana - 64 Parishes

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   Feb 14, 2023 · Enslaved men typically performed heavy menial labor about town, particularly as dockworkers and construction workers. New Orleans’s antebellum economy was dominated by the city’s port, and many enslaved men worked the docks by loading and unloading cargo, stocking warehouses, and repairing ships in drydock.

5. 64parishes.org › entry › urban-slavery-in-antebellumUrban Slavery in Antebellum Louisiana - 64 Parishes

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   Jun 20, 2023 · These enslaved people cleaned homes, tended gardens, bought groceries, cooked and served meals, washed and mended clothes, and raised children. Enslaved domestic workers were so common in New Orleans that it was rare to see any white people in the city’s marketplaces.

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7. en.wikipedia.org › History_of_slavery_in_LouisianaHistory of slavery in Louisiana - Wikipedia

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   In some areas, slaves left the plantations to seek Union military lines for freedom. If such lines were located too far away, they were often held in servitude until the Union gained control of the South.

8. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Nottoway_PlantationNottoway Plantation - Wikipedia

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   The plantation house is a Greek Revival - and Italianate-styled mansion built by enslaved African people and artisans for John Hampden Randolph in 1859, and is the largest extant antebellum plantation house in the South with 53,000 square feet (4,900 m 2) of floor space.

9. academic.oup.com › maghis › article-abstractThe Everyday Life of Enslaved People in the Antebellum South

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   Apr 1, 2009 · Besides aging the nation's slaves before their time, the labor regimes that produced the South's great staples exposed workers to infectious diseases like hookworm, which was endemic on some plantations. Infected slaves grew anemic, lost weight, and succumbed to infections.

10. www.smithsonianmag.com › history › why-descendantsWhy Descendants Are Returning to the Plantations Where Their ...

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    Jul 11, 2024 · Why Descendants Are Returning to the Plantations Where Their Ancestors Were Enslaved. Some Black Americans are reclaiming antebellum estates as part of their family legacy, reflecting the power...