840-42 Royal Street

ID: 6067 ~ Source: Courtesy of Historic New Orleans Collection. Photographer John Watson Riley 1/2/2011. 2_047_roya_840-842 ~ Creator: Photographer John Watson Riley ~ Date: 1/2/2011

This file appears in: Enslaved Bakers and the Foreign French: D’Aquin, Bouny, and Poincy Bakeries

840-842 Royal corner of Dumaine. Previous location of Louis D’Aquin’s Bakery.

This file appears in: Enslaved Bakers and the Foreign French: D’Aquin, Bouny, and Poincy Bakeries

Enslaved Bakers and the Foreign French: D’Aquin, Bouny, and Poincy Bakeries

By Dana Logsdon

Before the Civil War, enslaved labor was an integral part of the commercial baking industry and the overall economy in New Orleans. While food historians note the role that French, Spanish, and Anglo…