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William Harris and Basil Butler donate land to the Catholic church for a school for black children in Iberville Parish, La., 1897
In 1897, William Harris and Basil Butler donated land to the Catholic Church in Louisiana "for the purpose of assisting and advancing Christian education among the colored children" of Iberville Parish, Louisiana.
Basil Butler (b. 1824), the son…
Basil Butler (b. 1824), the son…
Agreement with Freedmen of Chatham Plantation in Ascension Parish, La., February 2, 1865
This document records an agreement between John R. Thompson, the owner of Chatham Plantation, and the freedmen on the plantation, including people who had been sold to Henry Johnson (the former owner of Chatham) by the Maryland Jesuits in 1838, and…
Final Pay Roll, Chatham Plantation, Ascension Parish, La., December 31, 1865
This document from the Freedmen's Bureau is a record of the wages paid to the freed people on John R. Thompson's Chatham Plantation in Ascension Parish in 1865. The freed people included former enslaved people of the Maryland Jesuits who had been…
Agreement with Freedmen on West Oak plantation in Iberville Parish, La., April 3, 1865
This document is a contract between Mrs. Emily Woolfolk, the owner of West Oak plantation in Iberville Parish, Louisiana, and the freed people on the plantation for wages for the ensuing year. Many of the freed people at West Oak had been sold to…
Payroll of Laborers Employed at West Oak plantation, Iberville Parish, La., October 17, 1867
This payroll from the Freedmen's Bureau records lists laborers at West Oak plantation in Iberville Parish, Louisiana. Many of the people listed in this document were sold to West Oak by the Maryland Jesuits in 1838 or were the children of people sold…