Slavery

Plantations in Louisiana
Louisiana Plantations had complex relations within the farm. The lives of the slaves and the owners were changed forever by the actions taken place on the plantations. The slaves’ antagonism, the owners’ domination, and their struggle to keep their families together were some of the struggles on the agricultural estate.
The slaves’ on the Louisiana Plantations were by no means treated well. In 1830, the total slave population in the United States was more than two million, worth over a billion dollars to their owners. Slaves wielded a certain degree of power. Slaves would aggravate their owners on purpose, but frequent punishment tha...