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French Quarter History Talk - 1811 Slave Revolt
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Free. Free and open to the publicLocation: LAT/LONG: 30.000000, -90.000000
National Park Service French Quarter visitor center in Dutch Alley - 916 N Peters St, New Orleans, LA 70116. We are behind the row of shops on Decatur St. Walk between the sock shop and the sunglasses shop. We are next to the Marche event space and the Dutch Alley Artist Co-Op.
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12:00 noon to 1:00 pm Central Time
Description
The New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park
and the
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park & Preserve
present
“Charles Deslondes Heroic 1811 Slave Revolt”
a talk by
Leon A. Waters
12:00 noon, Saturday, March 25
At the National Park Service French Quarter visitor center in Dutch Alley
916 N Peters St, New Orleans
One of the most suppressed and hidden stories of African and African American history is the story of the 1811 Slave Revolt. This was the largest slave revolt in the United States and the least known. You may be familiar with Nat Turner or Denmark Vesey, but few are knowledgeable about Charles Deslondes, the leader of the 1811 Slave Revolt. Deslondes and his lieutenants were brilliant people. Like in Haiti, their aim was to abolish slavery and establish a free republic to be governed by former enslaved people. They almost succeeded.
Learn how Deslondes' rebels carried out the revolt. Discover the gains made and the foundation laid for further revolts.
Author and historian Leon A. Waters is the publisher and manager of Hidden History Tours, chairman of the Louisiana Museum of African American History, and a descendant of the 1811 rebels.