Lost plantation [electronic resource] : the rise and fall of Seven Oaks / Marc R. Matrana.
Series: Jefferson historical series ; v. 16.Publication details: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2005.Edition: 1st edDescription: xiv, 188 p. : ill., mapsSubject(s):- Zeringue, Camille
- Zeringue, Camille -- Family
- Plantation owners -- Louisiana -- Biography
- Slaveholders -- Louisiana -- Biography
- Businessmen -- Louisiana -- Biography
- Plantation life -- Louisiana -- Westwego -- History -- 19th century
- Seven Oaks (La.)
- Westwego (La.) -- Biography
- Westwego (La.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
- 307.72/09763/09034 22
- F379.S38 M38 2005eb
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Includes bibliographical references (170-181) and index.
Petit desert -- The Zeringues and their plantation -- The Zeringue plantation and its grounds -- Life and agricultural production on the Zeringue plantation -- The plantation and the Civil War -- The railroad ruckus -- Pablo Sala and Columbia gardens -- A new war, a new family -- The mansion begins to fade -- Save Seven Oaks -- Life among the ruins -- Future of the past -- Appendix I : chronological chain of title and timeline of major events -- Appendix II : slaves owned by Camille Zeringue -- Appendix III : comparative data of the largest slaveholders in Jefferson Parish -- Appendix IV : brief historical sketch of Zeringue family in Louisiana.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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