Oak Alley Plantation Slaves. More than 200 men, women, and children lived enslaved on this plantation. Over 800 acres were cultivated and more than 100 field slaves were tasked to plant, tend, and harvest the crop.
The field slaves labored in the sugarcane fields, and then, in the mill during the harvesting season. Slave life at oak alley was difficult. Slaves spent hours and days before harvest weeding and irrigating thousands of sugarcane stalks.
It is owned and operated by the oak alley foundation.
Oak alley, originally called bon séjour, was built as a sugar cane plantation by jacques and celina roman. There was also a list of the slaves at that time and their worth in usd. Second floor is not handicap accessible, however an ipad video is available for viewing the second floor tour. My recent trip to new orleans found me doing just the same and oak alley plantation was first on my list.