As I mentioned, I'm working on the Macarty family, and I have questions about a couple of statements posted by another member of this list: "one of [the Macarty] plantations was involved in the famous slave revolt conspiracy of the early 1800s" and "Augustin de Macarty�s son, Lewis Barthelemy Macarty, served as Secretary of State under Governor Claiborne in 1812." I'm especially interested in the idea that a slave revolt took place on one of the Macarty plantations, because this story keeps cropping up, with the implication that Delphine Macarty Lalaurie's cruelty to her slaves was done in revenge for her mother being killed by her own slaves during this uprising. Presumably the "famous slave revolt" referred to is the one that occurred on January 8, 1811, in St. Charles Parish above New Orleans. The revolt was organized by a mulatto from Saint-Domingue named Charles, slave of the Widow Deslondes, who was employed as a driver on the plantation of Manuel Andry. The Macartys, as far as I know, were not affected by this incident. Delphine's mother, Marie Jeanne Lerable, had died of natural causes on February 26, 1807. I think people may have confused the 1811 slave revolt and the 1807 death of Madame Macarty with the murder of Baptiste C�saire le Breton (husband of Delphine's father's sister Jeanne Fran�oise Macarty), who killed by his s! laves in 1771 on the uptown Macarty plantation that later became the site of the town of Carrollton. Regarding Augustin de Macarty--does the writer refer to Augustin Fran�ois Macarty, who was mayor of New Orleans from 1815-1820, or to his father, Augustin Guillaume Macarty? Augustin Fran�ois had several "natural" children by free women of color, but no "legitimate" children. Louis Barthelemy Macarty was the son of the Chevalier Louis Barthelemy Macarty, and was Delphine Macarty Lalaurie's brother. I believe it was Jean Baptiste Macarty who served as a government official under Claiborne. --- Carolyn Long --- carolynlong@earthlink.net

interesting information for all of us. Thank you for sharing. MM born in NO and living in TN On Apr 4, 2008, at 8:55 PM, Carolyn Long wrote: > As I mentioned, I'm working on the Macarty family, and I have > questions about a couple of statements posted by another member of > this list: "one of [the Macarty] plantations was involved in the > famous slave revolt conspiracy of the early 1800s" and "Augustin de > Macarty’s son, Lewis Barthelemy Macarty, served as Secretary of > State under Governor Claiborne in 1812." > > I'm especially interested in the idea that a slave revolt took > place on one of the Macarty plantations, because this story keeps > cropping up, with the implication that Delphine Macarty Lalaurie's > cruelty to her slaves was done in revenge for her mother being > killed by her own slaves during this uprising. Presumably the > "famous slave revolt" referred to is the one that occurred on > January 8, 1811, in St. Charles Parish above New Orleans. The > revolt was organized by a mulatto from Saint-Domingue named > Charles, slave of the Widow Deslondes, who was employed as a driver > on the plantation of Manuel Andry. The Macartys, as far as I know, > were not affected by this incident. Delphine's mother, Marie Jeanne > Lerable, had died of natural causes on February 26, 1807. I think > people may have confused the 1811 slave revolt and the 1807 death > of Madame Macarty with the murder of Baptiste Césaire le Breton > (husband of Delphine's father's sister Jeanne Françoise Macarty), > who killed by his s! > laves in 1771 on the uptown Macarty plantation that later became > the site of the town of Carrollton. > > Regarding Augustin de Macarty--does the writer refer to Augustin > François Macarty, who was mayor of New Orleans from 1815-1820, or > to his father, Augustin Guillaume Macarty? Augustin François had > several "natural" children by free women of color, but no > "legitimate" children. Louis Barthelemy Macarty was the son of the > Chevalier Louis Barthelemy Macarty, and was Delphine Macarty > Lalaurie's brother. I believe it was Jean Baptiste Macarty who > served as a government official under Claiborne. > > > --- Carolyn Long > --- carolynlong@earthlink.net > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LAORLEAN- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

and gov Claiborne had their heads chopped off and put on stakes on the road to New Orleans as a warning against further resistance to slavery. -------------- Original message from "Carolyn Long" <carolynlong@earthlink.net>: -------------- > As I mentioned, I'm working on the Macarty family, and I have questions about a > couple of statements posted by another member of this list: "one of [the > Macarty] plantations was involved in the famous slave revolt conspiracy of the > early 1800s" and "Augustin de Macarty’s son, Lewis Barthelemy Macarty, served as > Secretary of State under Governor Claiborne in 1812." > > I'm especially interested in the idea that a slave revolt took place on one of > the Macarty plantations, because this story keeps cropping up, with the > implication that Delphine Macarty Lalaurie's cruelty to her slaves was done in > revenge for her mother being killed by her own slaves during this uprising. > Presumably the "famous slave revolt" referred to is the one that occurred on > January 8, 1811, in St. Charles Parish above New Orleans. The revolt was > organized by a mulatto from Saint-Domingue named Charles, slave of the Widow > Deslondes, who was employed as a driver on the plantation of Manuel Andry. The > Macartys, as far as I know, were not affected by this incident. Delphine's > mother, Marie Jeanne Lerable, had died of natural causes on February 26, 1807. I > think people may have confused the 1811 slave revolt and the 1807 death of > Madame Macarty with the murder of Baptiste Césaire le Breton (husband of > Delphine's father's sister Jeanne Françoise Macarty), who killed by his s! > laves in 1771 on the uptown Macarty plantation that later became the site of > the town of Carrollton. > > Regarding Augustin de Macarty--does the writer refer to Augustin François > Macarty, who was mayor of New Orleans from 1815-1820, or to his father, Augustin > Guillaume Macarty? Augustin François had several "natural" children by free > women of color, but no "legitimate" children. Louis Barthelemy Macarty was the > son of the Chevalier Louis Barthelemy Macarty, and was Delphine Macarty > Lalaurie's brother. I believe it was Jean Baptiste Macarty who served as a > government official under Claiborne. > > > --- Carolyn Long--- carolynlong@earthlink.net