San Francisco Plantation (20190907_0006)
Garyville, Louisiana, USA
Plantation home of a 19th Century forced-labor camp devoted to the commercial production of sugar cane.
The forced labor camp was located abutting the Mississippi River for ease of transporting the product to New Orleans, the major U.S. port for cotton and U.S. sugar. The cotton was shipped to Europe, while the sugar was mostly for domestic consumption.
Louisiana is a subtropical climate with an actual winter. The growing season for sugar cane in Louisiana is much shorter than in fully tropical climates such as that of Cuba. The cane has to be cut before the first freeze, which before the hoax of global warming could come in November. The plant does not flower in Louisiana. With these drawbacks, it was thought originally that one could not commercially produce granulated sugar from Louisiana cane until Etienne de Boré proved otherwise around 1800. Large chunks of southern Louisiana became devoted to sugarcane production using the de Boré method.
While cotton planters were against protective tariffs because they bought significant farm equipment from the U.K., sugar planters were in the opposite situation. They supported a protective tariff to keep our lower cost sugar from Jamaica, Cuba, Brazil and Martinique (and elsewhere). Consequently the Whig Party was strong in Louisiana.
When racist morons argue that the Civil War had nothing to do with slavery, but instead was over high tariffs, remember how flawed that argument is with respect to Louisiana, which couldn't wait to jump on the Confederate bandwagon.
Unfortunately the course of the Mississippi River changed since the site of the house was chosen, coming much closer and cutting off almost all of the front yard. After leaving space for the levee and River Road (La. Hwy. 44), there is a chain-link fence that almost abuts the front entrance into the home. This is the best angle to get a shot of the beautiful front of the home.
Most of plantation (forced labor camp) homes are in the Greek Revival style, San Francisco represents the Creole style that is noted by the Caribbean color scheme and more importantly, the cross ventilation achieved by partition doors and lack of interior hallways.
San Francisco Plantation (20190907_0006)
Garyville, Louisiana, USA
Plantation home of a 19th Century forced-labor camp devoted to the commercial production of sugar cane.
The forced labor camp was located abutting the Mississippi River for ease of transporting the product to New Orleans, the major U.S. port for cotton and U.S. sugar. The cotton was shipped to Europe, while the sugar was mostly for domestic consumption.
Louisiana is a subtropical climate with an actual winter. The growing season for sugar cane in Louisiana is much shorter than in fully tropical climates such as that of Cuba. The cane has to be cut before the first freeze, which before the hoax of global warming could come in November. The plant does not flower in Louisiana. With these drawbacks, it was thought originally that one could not commercially produce granulated sugar from Louisiana cane until Etienne de Boré proved otherwise around 1800. Large chunks of southern Louisiana became devoted to sugarcane production using the de Boré method.
While cotton planters were against protective tariffs because they bought significant farm equipment from the U.K., sugar planters were in the opposite situation. They supported a protective tariff to keep our lower cost sugar from Jamaica, Cuba, Brazil and Martinique (and elsewhere). Consequently the Whig Party was strong in Louisiana.
When racist morons argue that the Civil War had nothing to do with slavery, but instead was over high tariffs, remember how flawed that argument is with respect to Louisiana, which couldn't wait to jump on the Confederate bandwagon.
Unfortunately the course of the Mississippi River changed since the site of the house was chosen, coming much closer and cutting off almost all of the front yard. After leaving space for the levee and River Road (La. Hwy. 44), there is a chain-link fence that almost abuts the front entrance into the home. This is the best angle to get a shot of the beautiful front of the home.
Most of plantation (forced labor camp) homes are in the Greek Revival style, San Francisco represents the Creole style that is noted by the Caribbean color scheme and more importantly, the cross ventilation achieved by partition doors and lack of interior hallways.