Since you left we have information that a number of Negros in the neighborhood of the Barrow settlement and Bayou Sarah [West Feliciana Parish] have been detected in a conspiracy and rebellion, Moses Liddell, a Louisiana planter, wrote to a relative 21 July 1841. The relative, John Liddell, owned a plantation on Black River near Harrisonburg, Catahoula Parish, a safe distance away, but both planters were very much concerned about such news and how it might affect their slaves. About eighty had already been captured and jailed, and several white men had offered confessions and disclosures. The discovery was made in mid-July, but in all probability more conspirators would be exposed since, as Liddell wrote, the second of August was the time appointed by them to put their plan into operation. https://nytimes/books/first/f/franklin-slaves.html
Posted on: Sat, 06 Dec 2014 03:44:47 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015