Slave Revolt of 1811 New Orleans

The Americanization of New Orleans also changed the worldview of Louisiana society to one that was much less racially inclusive in nature. New Orleans society, like much of southern society in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, was structured around an agrarian economic system. Crucial to the success and profitability of the cotton and soon to develop sugar industries was the availability of plentiful and cheap labor. Slaves and slavery were the answer to the labor resource problem. Louisiana’s planters were among the wealthiest in the South, and other than lavishing a luxurious lifestyle on themselves and their families they reinvested their profits in their plantations. Slaves not only per

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see how urbanization was also affected by the way slavery and slaves affected social institutions like the courts, industry, and others. Still, the Adelle v. Beauregard case inspired many slaves to continue their fight for freedom. Once such slave was the Haitian born Charles Deslondes. Deslondes was a slave laborer on the Deslondes plantation. When the Haitians revolted in the late 1800s, Charles’ owner escaped to New Orleans. For years Charles diligently worked as the buggy driver for his owner. However, Deslondes was greatly inspired by the rebellion of Haitians he had witnessed before arriving in New Orleans, and his life in New Orleans exposed him to French revolution ideology. Thus, while appearing to be a buggy driver Deslondes was busy consolidating support for rebellion “[He] worked for years planning his revolt, contacting trusted fellow bondsmen and preaching the necessity for the enslaved Africans to rise up and throw off the shackles of slavery as it had been done in Haiti” (Heroic 1). Deslondes was not content with mere rebellion or permanent freedom. He wanted to orchestrate a rebellion that would end with no less than a new republic like the one formed in Haiti. To this end, his military plan had the str
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