Woodland Plantation

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Woodland Plantation

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"On to Orleans:" The Negro Insurrection
“On to Orleans" : The Negro Insurrection (1888), LJ Bridgman

Former slaves of Jefferson Davis in a Baton Rouge contraband camp
Former slaves of Jefferson Davis in a Baton Rouge contraband camp, 1863

Decree of Pierre Clément Laussat upholding the Code Noir in the Louisiana Territory.
Decree of Pierre Clément Laussat upholding the Code Noir in the Louisiana Territory, 1803.

L’industrie du tabac
L’industrie du tabac, Labat, Nouveaux Vogages aux Îles d’Amerique. 1724

Metal Rivet
Metal Rivet

Piece of a shoe buckle
Piece of a shoe buckle

Enslaved people picking cotton in 1854
Enslaved people picking cotton in 1854

Female Cotton Picker
Formerly enslaved woman wearing a tignon and a handkerchief around her neck, 1878

Prosser Button
Prosser button with traces of blue paint

Metal Button
Metal buttons, likely used on heavier outerwear made of wool or coarse cotton
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