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WEST FELICIANA, Louisiana in the 1840s: 1 through 2 of 2

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  1. Threat of Slave Rebellion
    date July 24, 1841map WEST FELICIANA, Louisianatags African-Americans, Agriculture, Crime/Violence, Race-Relations, Slavery

    In a letter to his father John C. Burruss on July 24, 1841, John W. Burruss asked, ...do we not dwell in constant danger, are we not standing, rather [lying] down - sleeping on a smothered - not extinguished - volcano? John W. Burruss was expressing his fear of slave revolt, a fear he shared with many southern plantation owners. In his letter Burruss described a discovered slave revolt in West Felicia...

  2. Impromptu Balls: They Could Have Danced All Night
    date January 7, 1842 to January 9, 1842map WEST FELICIANA, Louisianatags Arts/Leisure

    On January 7, 1842, Bennet Barrow went to town to get supplies in his Cab. When he left the cab, two friends, Amanda and Miss Crab of Tennessee, jumped in it and went off without Bonnets only to return one hour later from a nearby swamp. Amused, Barrow got in, turned the cab around, driving his friends to visit a Mrs. Wade. There he met up with six other friends. After piling his friends into two cabs,...