Whitney Plantation, Louisiana

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Edgard, St. John the Baptist, Louisiana, United States
Surnames/tags: Louisiana slavery Heidel

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Whitney Plantation, aka Habitation Haydel.

From the Whitney Plantation's website: "Whitney Plantation Museum is the only museum in Louisiana with an exclusive focus on the lives of enslaved people." ^[1] It is located in Edgard, St John Parish, Louisiana.

Ambrose Heidel (1702-bef.1774) was the founder of the plantation, and it passed to many relatives, as shown below.

Ownership of the plantation:^[2]

• Up to 1752: Widow Bernard Vickner.
• 1752-1770: Ambrose Heidel .
• 1770-1774: Widow Ambroise Haydel and children.
• 1774-1776: Louis Girard Pellerin then Antoine Albert.
• 1776-1820: Jean Jacques Haydel Sr.
• 1820-1839: Jean Jacques Haydel Jr. and Edward Marcellin Haydel.
• 1840-1860: Marie Azélie Haydel.
• 1860-1867: Succession Marie Azélie Haydel.
• 1867-1880: Bradish Johnson
• 1880-1909: Pierre Edouard St. Martin and Théophile Perret.
• 1909-1928: St. Martin and Perret’s heirs.
• 1928-1946: Mathilde Louise Perret and George Henri Tassin.
• 1946-1990: Alfred Mason Barnes of New Orleans.
• 1990-1999: Formosa Chemicals and Fiber Corporation.
• 1999-2019: John Cummings
• 2019 – present: The Whitney Institute, 501(c)(3)

Slaves

Space:The_Slaves_of_Jean_Jacques_Haydel,_Sr.

Slave Auction of Jean Jacques Haydel, Jr.

Sources

1. ↑ Opening Page at https://www.whitneyplantation.org/
2. ↑ https://www.whitneyplantation.org/history/plantation-owners/