The Enslaved People of Magnolia in 1845

This bill of sale for $600 was issued to A. LeComte in 1833 for the purchase of an enslaved blacksmith named Saturday.

In 1845 Julia LeComte died and a detailed inventory was taken of the property owned by her and Ambrose, including Magnolia’s enslaved workforce. There were 155 enslaved people working at Magnolia in 1845, who were appraised at $71,435 ($2,014,397 in 2020).

Some of these enslaved people were housed in the brick cabins that were built around 1845. As many as twenty-four cabins were two-room brick structures, accommodating an enslaved family or group in each of the two rooms. Eight cabins of the Magnolia Slave Quarters have survived.

The following information has been retrieved from archival records.

Ambroise, age 36, estimated value $750
Adams, age 26, estimated value $650
Auguste, age 38, estimated value $400, died in 1847
August, age 23, estimated value $750, died in 1847 - drowned
Azinos, age 27, estimated value $500
Azinor, age 22, estimated value $450
Albert, age 28, estimated value $700
Baptiste, age 47, estimated value $900
Barthelemy, age 17, estimated value $250, died July 1851 - cholera
Bill, age 25, estimated value $700, died July 30, 1851 - cholera
Charles Natchitoches, age 27, estimated value $700, died January 19, 1855 - pleurisy
Ciriaque, age 25, estimated value $500
Ciriaque, age 26, estimated value $550
Cupidon, age 36, estimated value $750
Charles, Blacksmith, age 23, estimated value $550
Chenite, age 26, estimated value $700, died August 1850
Georges, age 30, estimated value $700
Gros Joe, age 44, estimated value $900
Grand Mulate, age 23, estimated value $650, died in 1846
Grand Louis, age 42, estimated value $750
Grand Francois, age 62, estimated value $10, died in 1847
Henry, age 26, estimated $750
Honore, age 21, died June 4, 1859 - drowned
Joseph, age 24, estimated value $600
Joseph Destin, age 52, estimated value $400
Joseph Lavinge, age 34, estimated value $750, died May 1850
Jefry, age 44, estimated value $700
John Smith, age 45, estimated value $0, died June 20, 1855
John Davis, age 34, estimated value $550
Joy Gasparite, age 49, estimated value $400, died in 1846
Joe Anglais, age 29, estimated value $700
John, Orphan, age 9, estimated value $125, died September 30, 1849 - drowned
James, age 38, estimated value $0
James Fils, age 12, estimated value $0
Jacques Cyrian, age 28, estimated value $10, died in 1846
Louis Petit, age 27, estimated value $700
Louis Ginon, age 66, estimated value $350, died January 1851
Moses, Carpenter, age 40, estimated value $800
Ned (Big), age 26, estimated value $700
Ned (Little), age 18, died September 29, 1856 - brunt in press
Prudemes, age 10, estimated value $150
Paulin, age 23, estimated value $500
Raphael, age 10, estimated value $150
Tirence, age 25, estimated value $700
Tony, age 26, estimated value $600
Thomas, Carpenter, age 46, estimated value $700, died - cholera
Ursin, age 29, estimated value $750
Victorien, age 27, estimated value $750
Valsin, age 30
William, age 42, estimated value $700
Warren, Carpenter, age 23, estimated value $2000, bought in New Orleans in 1852

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1850s