S05 E17: Researching Louisiana Sugar Plantations, Pt 2 with Ja'el "YaYa" Gordon

Published: Feb. 14, 2022, 7:34 p.m.

Ja'el "YaYa" Gordon returned to the show to share, teach and explain slavery in Louisiana. Get ready for another knowledge-dropping show while learning ways to research in Louisiana.Below are links to the 2 maps shown during this episode:1. Map showing the distribution of the slave population of the southern states of the United States. Compiled from the census of 1860 via https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3861e.cw00132002. La Tourrette's reference map of the state of Louisiana: from the original surveys of the United States, which show the townships, sections, or mile squares, Spanish grants, settlement rights & c., also the plantations with the owners names engraved thereon via https://www.loc.gov/resource/g4011g.ct001895


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