New Orleans III - Around and About

New Orleans: Big action is at night, so during the day we visited some old plantations: This is the Destrehan Plantation, the biggest one left. Note the cisterns, the big towers on either side The Destrehans

Slave quarters

Roster of the slaves: They were characrterized as 'negro' or 'mulatto', and also as 'American (if born here), Creole, African, Congo. The occupation of the first, Richard, is denoted as 'Commander'.

Students at a federally established school in New Orleans, 1964. Some are listed as 'white' - the local term was 'passe en blanc' , for those with some African blood but white enough to pass as white.

A cruise down a bayou: Fishing boats - trawlers

Sunken boat

On further downstream to the swamp:

The guide, a real Cajun

With a snake:

...and a cute little gatorBigger gators
Luring an alligator to come pose for us, with - yes! - a marshmallow...

Gas drilling/extraction equipment