Fugitive Slave Advertisements for BROWN, Bread-Seller

ID: 6101 ~ Source: Times-Picayune June 14, 1846, p. 2; Times-Picayune March 12, 1847, p.3. ~ Date: 6/14/1846; 3/12/1847

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

Two revealing fugitive slave advertisements for the same bread-seller, BROWN, revealing his resistance and knowledge of the city's streets.

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…