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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
Iron cross grave marker made by Solomon Williams
Iron cross grave marker made by Solomon Williams
Solomon Williams, the blacksmith, made this iron cross marker for his wife's grave
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Overseer's House  

Did You Know?
An overseer was responsible for management of the plantation’s laborers, stock, land, and tools. The overseer's residence at Oakland was constructed in 1861 by enslaved labor for an overseer named Seneca Pace. Pace kept a daily journal of work and weather at Oakland.

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