LOUISIANA: Click this link to see all slave labor sites in the state.
- Statehood: 1812; some parishes were established before Louisiana became a state
- PARISHES: Click one of the parishes below to see all plantations/ workplaces in that county.
County | Year Est. | Details |
Ascension | 1807 | Formed from the Louisiana territory |
Assumption | 1807 | Formed from the Louisiana territory |
Attakapas County | 1805 | Formed from the Louisiana territory, and split into St. Martin and St. Mary Parishes in 1811 |
Avoyelles | 1807 | Formed from the Louisiana territory |
Baton Rouge | 1792 | Formed from the West Florida territory, and split into East and West Baton Rouge Parihes in 1810 |
Bienville | 1848 | Formed from Claiborne Parish |
Bossier | 1843 | Formed from Claiborne Parish |
Caddo | 1838 | Formed from Natchitoches Parish |
Calcasieu | 1840 | Formed from St. Landry Parish |
Caldwell | 1838 | Formed from Catahoula and Ouachita Parishes |
Carroll | 1832 | Formed from Ouachita Parish, and split into East and West Carroll Parishes in 1877 |
Catahoula | 1808 | Formed from Ouachita and Rapides Parishes |
Claiborne | 1828 | Formed from Natchitoches Parish |
Concordia | 1807 | Formed from the Louisiana territory |
De Soto | 1843 | Formed from Caddo and Natchitoches Parishes |
East Baton Rouge | 1810 | Formed from Baton Rouge Parish |
East Feliciana | 1824 | Formed from Feliciana Parish |
Franklin | 1843 | Formed from Carroll, Catahoula, Madison and Ouachita Parishes |
Iberville | 1807 | Formed from the Louisiana territory |
Jackson | 1845 | Formed from Natchitoches and Ouachita Parishes |
Jefferson | 1825 | Formed from Orleans Parish |
Lafayette | 1823 | Formed from St. Martin Parish |
Lafourche | 1807 | Formed from the Louisiana territory |
Livingston | 1832 | Formed from St. Helena Parish |
Madison | 1838 | Formed from Concordia and Ouachita Parishes |
Morehouse | 1844 | Formed from Ouachita and Catahoula Parishes |
Natchitoches | 1807 | Formed from the Louisiana territory |
Orleans | 1805 | Formed from the Louisiana territory |
Ouachita | 1807 | Formed from the Louisiana territory |
Plaquemines | 1807 | Formed from the Louisiana territory |
Pointe Coupee | 1807 | Formed from the Louisiana territory |
Rapides | 1807 | Formed from the Louisiana territory |
Sabine | 1843 | Formed from Natchitoches Parish |
St. Bernard | 1807 | Formed from the Louisiana territory |
St. Charles | 1807 | Formed from the Louisiana territory |
St. Helena | 1811 | Formed from the West Florida territory |
St. James | 1807 | Formed from the Louisiana territory |
St. John The Baptist | 1807 | Formed from the Louisiana territory |
St. Landry | 1805 | Formed from the Louisiana territory |
St. Martin | 1811 | Formed from Attakapas County |
St. Mary | 1811 | Formed from Attakapas County |
St. Tammany | 1810 | Formed from the West Florida territory |
Tensas | 1861 | Formed from Madison and Concordia Parishes |
Terrebonne | 1822 | Formed from Lafourche Parish |
Union | 1839 | Formed from Ouachita Parish |
Vermillion | 1844 | Formed from Lafayette Parish (Attakapas County) |
Washington | 1819 | Formed from St. Tammany Parish |
West Baton Rouge | 1810 | Formed from Baton Rouge Parish |
West Feliciana | 1824 | Formed from Feliciana Parish |
Winn | 1852 | Formed from Catahoula, Natchitoches and Rapides Parishes |