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African American History
 
The overseer's house

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Overseers House

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The African American Community at Oakland

          Community and Family Structure

          Socializing

          Health and Community

          Slave Hospital

          Dwellings

 

Labor and Farming at Oakland Plantation

  French Colonial Times

      Introduction to the Code Noir

      The Code Noir

     Labor and Farming from 1803 - 1860

       Freeman - Custis Expedition

   Labor in 1830

       Technology and Labor from 1830 - 1880

     Slavery from 1835 - 1860

       Occupations of the Enslaved People

   After the Civil War

        The Contract System

        Types of Sharecropping

        Former Slaves as Sharecroppers

 

Other Resources

        Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/index.html

        American Memories http://www.loc.gov/ammem/index.html

        Natchitoches African American Genealogy Records http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lanatchi/ngl.htm

Time Line of Africans Americans in US History

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Magnolia Brick Slave Quarters

Did You Know?
Brick was an uncommonly expensive and durable substrate for a slave structure. Most slave houses were built of planks or logs and were extremely drafty. Magnolia’s brick cabins with wooden floors provided a level of comfort seldom found in slave dwellings.
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