919-25 Chartres Street

ID: 6068 ~ Source: Courtesy of Historic New Orleans Collection. Photographer Dan S. Leyrer 08/21/1963. N-1601D ~ Creator: Photographer Dan S. Leyrer ~ Date: 08/21/1963

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

919-925 Chartres Street. The former site of Widow Bouny’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…