Loango Plantation

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: West Feliciana, Louisiana, United States
Surnames/tags: Acklen Slavery Black Heritage

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Index of Acklen Plantations

Contents 1 Introduction 1.1 Owners 1.2 1860 Slave Schedule for Loango Plantation 2 Sources

Introduction

Loango, ironically, is the name of an African kingdom located in the Congo, where much of the slave trade originated. ^[1] The most active slave harbors south of the equator were in West Central Africa. The most important was Mayumba, followed by the ports of Malimba and Cabinda in the kingdom of Loango. To the south of Loango, Congo was a kingdom on the decline after having played a premier role in the slave trade during the 17th century. To the south of Congo, in the kingdom of Angola, the main harbor was Luanda. The coast of Angola remained after 1842 an active center of the trans-Atlantic slave trade handled by the Portuguese and then the Brazilians. “Congo” was the generic name under which the slaves from Central Africa were designated in Louisiana and certainly the most frequent reference for slaves recorded on official documents.^[2]

Owners

Joseph A. S. Acklen and Adelicia Hayes Franklin, Isaac Franklin's widow's 2nd husband, was enumerated separately in 1860 for six named plantations, Loango (85 slaves) , Panola (70 slaves), Killarney (114 slaves), Lachlomond (104 slaves), Bellevue (130 slaves) and Angola (159 slaves). Adelicia inherited all of Franklin's properties and so presented Joseph with a prenuptial agreement specifying that she would be sole owner and final authority over all the properties she brought into the marriage.

1860 Slave Schedule for Loango Plantation

Joseph and Adelicia Acklen enslaved 85 people at Loango. At the time of this enumeration, 26 slaves were fugitives.

OWNER	AGE	YOB	GENDER	RACE	FUGITIVE	MANUMITTED
Jos A S Acklen	65	1795	Male	Black
Jos A S Acken	60	1800	Male	Black
Jos A S Acklen	60	1800	Female	Mulatto	X
Jos A S Acklen	44	1816	Male	Black
Jos A S Acklen	40	1820	Female	Black
Jos A S Acklen	40	1820	Female	Mulatto	X
Jos A S Acklen	40	1820	Female	Mulatto	X
Jos A S Acklen	43	1817	Female	Mulatto	X
Jos A S Acklen	39	1821	Female	Mulatto	X
Jos A S Acklen	39	1821	Female	Mulatto	X
Jos A S Acklen	39	1821	Male	Black
Jos A S Acklen	41	1819	Male	Black
Jos A S Acklen	38	1822	Male	Black
Jos A S Acklen	38	1822	Male	Black
Jos A S Acklen	48	1812	Male	Black
Jos A S Acklen	38	1822	Male	Black
Jos A S Acklen	40	1820	Male	Black
Jos A S Acklen	39	1821	Female	Black
Jos A S Acklen	32	1828	Male	Black
Jos A S Acklen	26	1834	Male	Black
Jos A S Acklen	26	1834	Male	Black
Jos A S Acklen	22	1838	Male	Black
Jos A S Acklen	45	1815	Male	Black
Jos A S Acklen	42	1818	Male	Black
Jos A S Acklen	36	1824	Male	Black
Jos A S Acklen	34	1826	Male	Black
Jos A S Acklen	37	1823	Male	Black
Jos A S Acklen	32	1828	Male	Black
Jos A S Acklen	40	1820	Male	Black
Jos A S Acklen	36	1824	Male	Black
Jos A S Acklen	35	1825	Male	Black
Jos A S Acklen	34	1826	Male	Black
Jos A S Acklen	31	1829	Female	Black
Jos A S Acklen	39	1821	Female	Black
Jos A S Acklen	35	1825	Female	Black
Jos A S Acklen	22	1838	Male	Black
Jos A S Acklen	21	1839	Male	Black
Jos A S Acklen	22	1838	Male	Black
Jos A S Acklen	21	1839	Male	Black
Jos A S Acklen	25	1835	Male	Black
Jos A S Acklen	26	1834	Male	Black	X
Jos A S Acklen	24	1836	Female	Black
Jos A S Acklen	24	1836	Female	Black
Jos A S Acklen	25	1835	Female	Black
Jos A S Acklen	19	1841	Female	Black
Jos A S Acklen	18	1842	Male	Black
Jos A S Acklen	16	1844	Male	Black
Jos A S Acklen	18	1842	Male	Black
Jos A S Acklen	14	1846	Male	Black
Jos A S Acklen	18	1842	Female	Mulatto	X
Jos A S Acklen	17	1843	Female	Mulatto	X
Jos A S Acklen	13	1847	Male	Black
Jos A S Acklen	13	1847	Male	Black
Jos A S Acklen	9	1851	Male	Black
Jos A S Acklen	6	1854	Male	Black
Jos A S Acklen	6	1854	Male	Black
Jos A S Acklen	6	1854	Male	Black
Jos A S Acklen	10	1850	Female	Mulatto	X
Jos A S Acklen	9	1851	Female	Mulatto	X
Jos A S Acklen	8	1852	Female	Mulatto	X
Jos A S Acklen	8	1852	Female	Mulatto	X
Jos A S Acklen	15	1845	Female	Mulatto	X
Jos A S Acklen	10	1850	Female	Mulatto	X
Jos A S Acklen	6	1854	Female	Mulatto	X
Jos A S Acklen	6	1854	Female	Mulatto	X
Jos A S Acklen	4	1856	Male	Black
Jos A S Acklen	4	1856	Male	Black
Jos A S Acklen	5	1855	Male	Black
Jos A S Acklen	4	1856	Male	Black
Jos A S Acklen	8	1852	Male	Black
Jos A S Acklen	4	1856	Male	Black
Jos A S Acklen	4	1856	Female	Mulatto	X
Jos A S Acklen	4	1856	Female	Mulatto	X
Jos A S Acklen	4	1856	Female	Mulatto	X
Jos A S Acklen	3	1857	Female	Mulatto	X
Jos A S Acklen	2	1858	Female	Mulatto	X
Jos A S Acklen	2	1858	Female	Mulatto	X
Jos A S Acklen	2	1858	Female	Mulatto	X
Jos A S Acklen	2	1858	Female	Mulatto	X
Jos A S Acklen	1	1859	Female	Mulatto	X
Jos A S Acklen	1	1859	Male	Black
Jos A S Acklen	5	1855	Male	Black
Jos A S Acklen	8	1852	Male	Black
Jos A S Acklen	8	1852	Male	Black
Jos A S Acklen	2	1858	Male	Black
Jos A S Acklen	1	1859	Male	Black

Sources

1. ↑ The Path They Trod: An Avenue of Mango Trees on the Loango Coast: https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2015/kongo/blog/posts/the-path-they-trod
2. ↑ https://www.whitneyplantation.org/history/slavery-in-louisiana/slave-trade-in-louisiana/west-central-africa-and-the-east-coast/

• 1860 Census:"1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules"The National Archives in Washington DC; Washington DC, USA; Eighth Census of the United States 1860; Series Number: M653; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29 Ancestry Sharing Link Ancestry Record 7668 #91824921 (accessed 9 January 2022)Jos A S Acklen in Ward 7, West Feliciana, Louisiana, USA.
• See also: The Slaves of Isaac Franklin