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Lost plantation the rise and fall of Seven Oaks /

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Main Author: Matrana, Marc R.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2005.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Jefferson historical series ; v. 16.
Subjects:
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.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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