Auction Notice

ID: 6069 ~ Source: Times-Picayune, 10 Nov. 1847, p. 3. ~ Date: 11/10/1847

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

Notice of Bakery Auction

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

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…