Saltworks, Avery Island, Louisiana

Location: Avery Island, Iberia, Louisiana, United States
Surnames/tags: US_Civil_War Black_Heritage Slavery

Contents 1 Introduction 1.1 Production 1.2 Slaves 2 Research Notes 3 Sources

Introduction

Production

Slaves

Soon, Southern states offered rewards to those who found and harvested salt. During the Civil War, Avery Island became one of many burgeoning salt works across the South. Salt was so important that many laborers working rock-salt mines and saline wells were exempt from military service. Some workers, though, didn’t have a choice. Many enslaved people, men and women, were forced to labor in the salt works.

Research Notes

Captured by Union forces, thus denying its Salt to the Confederate Army.

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Sources