French Quarter - Special Program - Leon A. Waters
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Special Event
The New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park
and the
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park & Preserve
present a special program by
Leon A. Waters
about Louisiana's 1811 Slave Revolt
Thursday, January 8 at 1:00 pm
At the National Park Service French Quarter Visitor Center
419 Decatur St, New Orleans
Leon A. Waters, historian, social activist, and publisher of the book On To New Orleans: Louisiana's Heroic 1811 Slave Revolt will present a program entitled "What was the Aim of the Heroic Charles Deslondes Revolt?" This special program is about the largest slave revolt in United States history, which took place on this date in 1811, just up the river from New Orleans.
This program is free and open to the public.
Fees
Free and open to the public
Location
National Park Service French Quarter visitor center - 419 Decatur St, New Orleans, LA 70130. (Near the statue of Bienville.)
Latitude and Longitude 29.954800, -90.064754
Schedule
Date:
Jan 8, 2026
Time:
1:00 PM
Duration:
1 hour
1:00 pm to 2:00 pm Central Time
Event Type
- Talk
Tags:
jean lafitte national historical park and preserve, new orleans jazz national historical park, new orleans, concert series, french quarter, french quarter visitor center, african american, african american history and culture, african american history, slavery, slavery and freedom, slavery resistance