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The 1811 German Coast Uprising: Louisiana's Largest Slave Revolt
In January 1811, the largest slave uprising in American history erupted just 36 miles upriver from New Orleans. Led by Charles Deslondes, a free mixed-race plantation driver from Saint-Domingue, a force of 200 enslaved men marched toward the city with flags raised and weapons improvised from cane knives and axes. This episode follows the week of terror, the brutal suppression that left over 100 heads mounted on stakes along the river road, and the legal aftermath that tightened Louisiana's slave code. We explore the connections to the Haitian Revolution, the role of the German…
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