Brown University

The Whitney Plantation Museum (Edgard, Louisiana)

Description

Abstract:
The Field of Angels is dedicated to the 2,200 enslaved children who died in St. John the Baptist Parish (Louisiana) from 1823-1863, documented in the Sacramental Records of the Archdiocese of New Orleans. It includes a bronze statue of Black angel carrying a child to heaven and a low black granite, circular wall with the children's names engraved on it.
Notes:
The Whitney Plantation Museum (Edgard, Louisiana), Brown University Library
Digital object made available by: Brown University Library, Center for Digital Scholarship, Box A, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, U.S.A., (http://library.brown.edu/)

Access Conditions

Rights
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Restrictions on Use
Collection is open for research.

Citation

Ater, Renée, "The Whitney Plantation Museum (Edgard, Louisiana)" (2014). Sites of Slavery. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:fe8xjepx/

Relations

Collection:

  • Sites of Slavery

    Sites of slavery are designated as historic places (including plantations, wharves, archaeological sites) where "slavery happened" and that commemorate enslaved Africans, their lives, and their labor. We include sites that act as memorials and often have sculpture, public art, or …

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