The Notebook of Ivan de Lobel-Mahy
Joseph and Katy talk about what we call “the Lobel-Mahy notebook.” It is indeed a correspondence book - a sort of outbox - written by hand in French by Ivan de Lobel-Mahy, Laura's uncle by marriage. I...
4 Apr 202333min
The Locouls' French Quarter Mansion & Creole Life in New Orleans
In this episode, we compare and contrast the lives of Creoles on the plantation in the countryside and in their French Quarter mansions in New Orleans. We talk about the Locouls' Toulouse Street mansi...
29 Mars 202326min
Clarisse Peterson, Hospital Keeper, and Clarisse Wilson, Community Leader
Sand Marmillion, Director and Curator of Laura Plantation, joins us to share the stories of two very significant enslaved women who lived and worked at Laura Plantation. Clarisse Peterson, an American...
22 Mars 202334min
Creole Women and Education
In this episode we discuss the educational opportunities available to Creole women--both free and enslaved--and the way they evolved over time. These include convents, governesses, private schools, an...
15 Mars 202313min
Women and Property Rights in Louisiana
Laura Plantation was owned and operated by women at various times spanning four generations. Nanette Duparc took over after her husband’s death and established the business. Her daughter Elisabeth Loc...
7 Mars 202315min
Women's History Month and International French Language Month
Joseph and Katy discuss Women's History Month topics, including enslaved women, Nanette's role in the early days of Laura Plantation, Louisiana exceptionalism in women's property laws, and social more...
28 Feb 202335min
Harry Minor
Harry Minor was one of two million enslaved individuals sold from the Upper South to the Lower South through the interstate slave trade. He was forcibly brought to Laura Plantation and made to assimil...
20 Feb 20238min
The 1829 Donation + Lucy and Marius Jones
This episode is centered around the 1829 donation of the plantation. Nanette Duparc donated the plantation and seventy-seven enslaved people to her children, Louis, Flagy, and Elisabeth, and her son-i...
13 Feb 202316min
