Join us at Destrehan Plantation outside New Orleans to follow the story of the 1811 German Coast uprising, described as the largest slave revolt in America. After the Haitian Revolution, Charles Deslondes spread word of Haiti’s success along plantations on the Mississippi and chose January—after the sugar harvest and during Mardi Gras season—as the moment to act.
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00:00 Welcome to Destrehan Plantation
01:59 Life Along the Mississippi
02:38 Names on the Records
03:53 Sugar, Brutal Labor, and Why January 1811 Was the Moment
05:06 Haiti’s Revolution Inspires Louisiana
06:26 The Uprising Begins
08:04 The Horrific Aftermath
08:59 Why It Was Silenced
10:14 Why It’s Called the “German Coast” Uprising
10:59 Freedom Struggles to the Civil War
