delphine lalaurie slaves

According to the stories told in the movie, Madame Delphine LaLaurie was a slave owner who conducted cruel medical experiments upon her slaves. The tale is based on a fictional story about Madame Delphine LaLaurie...


She was Delphine LaLaurie,


Rumor has it that a slave fell


Madame Delphine LaLaurie


LaLaurie Mansion


Delphine Lalaurie visits her


Delphine LaLaurie born in 1775

The legend of Madame Delphine Lalaurie, a wealthy society matron, has haunted the city of New Orleans for nearly two hundred years. When fire destroyed part of her home in 1834, the public was outraged to learn that behind closed doors Lalaurie routinely bound, starved, and tortured her slaves. Forced to flee the city, her guilt was unquestioned, and tales of her actions have become increasingly fanciful and grotesque over the decades. Even today, the Lalaurie...
Haunted Louisiana: Madame Lalaurie, Mistress of the Haunted ...

One example was the case of The Lalaurie House in New Orleans. The events occured in the early 1830's...well before slavery ended in the United States. Delphine Lalaurie's slaves vanished quite often, and one day the fire...
delphine lalaurie slaves