1140 RUE ROYALE

A presentation by Elizabeth Tramonti

At the time, a Creole is

anyone who is born

within the city and its

environs, except

indigenous peoples

THE STORY

NOTES

THE STORY

THE FIRE ITSELF

O

ccurred April 10, 1834

A

pril 11 Bee reported seven

slaves found “suspended by

the neck with their limbs

stretched and torn from

one extremity to the other.”

THE EFFECT ON THE LALAURIES

The Lalauries were shunned from France to New

Orleans and ignored, their reputation completely

ruined. This is a dismal prospect for any sort of

socialite.

FIRST THEORY

FOR

Madame Lalaurie’s

mother had been killed

in a slave uprising

FICTION

FOR

Madame Lalaurie was

acutely embarrassed

that her family members

engaged in keeping

“colored” mistresses.

FICTION

SECOND THEORY

THIRD THEORY

AGAINST

Madame Lalaurie’s son had a

crippling back problem and

the screams issuing from the

attic were his as Lalaurie

attempted to fix the problem.

POSSIBLE

AGAINST

She emancipated some

of her slaves.

FACT

FOURTH THEORY

FIFTH THEORY

FOR

Madame Lalaurie was

investigated by the

courts for cruelty to her

slaves.

FACT

SIXTH THEORY

AGAINST

Dr Lalaurie was an active

participant, using these

crimes perhaps to further

his research on back

problems.

FICTION

Madame Lalaurie had

been married to a slave

trader at one point.

Slave abuse was

common at the time,

even more so for

women than men.

RELEVANT INFORMATION TO DRAWING A CONCLUSION

Madame Lalaurie lived in a

culture in which slaves

were often beaten for silly

things.

She had already been

condemned for the

treatment of her slaves

before this fire occurred.

Madame Lalaurie

probably believed she

was acting completely

appropriately towards

her own slaves.

CONCLUSION

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