D'Aquin Bakery Sale Notice and News Article

ID: 6073 ~ Source: Daily Advocate (Baton Rouge) 25 March 1856, p.2; "City Intelligence." Times-Picayune, 22 Aug. 1848, p. 2.

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

Notice of Sale D'Aquin Bakery ; News Article on D'Aquin Bakery "City Intelligence." Times-Picayune, 22 Aug. 1848, p. 2.

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…