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Louisiana’s sugar and cotton plantations are shown in Louisiana’s sugar and cotton plantations are shown in great detail on this landownership map of Baton Rouge and surrounding parishes. The long linear properties, reflecting the original French and Spanish settlement of the area, line the meanders of the Mississippi River. By 1860, Louisiana had roughly 1,300 sugar plantations, with the properties delineated on this map accounting for nearly 25 % of the state’s sugar production. Because of superior agricultural and manufacturing capabilities, Louisiana had an edge over Caribbean competitors and controlled nearly 60% of the U. S. market. Sugar production, like textile manufacturing, required large amounts of capital investment. Louisiana was at the northern edge of sugar-growing latitudes, and variable weather affected yearly production. As a result, many partnerships were established to spread risk, as suggested by multiple landowners’ names on the map.
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3f463285g
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Map of the parishes of Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge and Iberville
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map
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1
Source metadata
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3f463285g
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map
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normalized
title
Map of the parishes of Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge and Iberville
description
Louisiana’s sugar and cotton plantations are shown in Louisiana’s sugar and cotton plantations are shown in great detail on this landownership map of Baton Rouge and surrounding parishes. The long linear properties, reflecting the original French and Spanish settlement of the area, line the meanders of the Mississippi River. By 1860, Louisiana had roughly 1,300 sugar plantations, with the properties delineated on this map accounting for nearly 25 % of the state’s sugar production. Because of superior agricultural and manufacturing capabilities, Louisiana had an edge over Caribbean competitors and controlled nearly 60% of the U. S. market. Sugar production, like textile manufacturing, required large amounts of capital investment. Louisiana was at the northern edge of sugar-growing latitudes, and variable weather affected yearly production. As a result, many partnerships were established to spread risk, as suggested by multiple landowners’ names on the map.
date
["1858"]
year
1858
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_007211
creators
Powell, Andrew J.
McColloh, William J.
Bradford, Robert H.
Sarony, Major & Knapp Lith
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Plantation owners--Louisiana--Maps
Pointe Coupée Parish (La.)--Maps
West Baton Rouge Parish (La.)--Maps
Iberville Parish (La.)--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Iberville (county)
Louisiana
North and Central America
Pointe Coupee (county)
United States
West Baton Rouge (county)
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Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
Louisiana
county
Pointe Coupee
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1
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Louisiana
publisher
Andrew J. Powell and Robert H. Bradford
Source extras
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sf268508b
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41688024w
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30.7333
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-91.6
extent
1 map : col. ; 188 x 138 cm.
notes
Map showing plantation lands and land owners along the Mississippi River in northern Louisiana.
Inset: Faubourg Laboucanne.
"Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1858 by Andrew J. Powell & Robert H. Bradford, in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of the state of Louisiana."
Lith. of Sarony, Major & Knopp.
Includes certification of the Surveyor General of Louisiana in facsimile and explanatory notes.
Location of original: Private collection.
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map
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photo
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