Tiya Miles
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- May 2016
- ISBN:
- 9781469626338
- eISBN:
- 9781469626352
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469626338.003.0003
- Subject:
- History, African-American History
This chapter explores the story of the “Haunted House on Royal Street,” a mansion once owned by the infamous creole slave mistress, Madame Delphine Lalaurie. The chapter recounts the history of the ...
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This chapter explores the story of the “Haunted House on Royal Street,” a mansion once owned by the infamous creole slave mistress, Madame Delphine Lalaurie. The chapter recounts the history of the abuse of enslaved people in Lalaurie’s home while offering a critique of the notion that Lalaurie was an exception among female slaveholders as well as among New Orleans slaveholders. The chapter examines the role of this haunted house story in New Orleans tours and contemporary popular culture.Less
This chapter explores the story of the “Haunted House on Royal Street,” a mansion once owned by the infamous creole slave mistress, Madame Delphine Lalaurie. The chapter recounts the history of the abuse of enslaved people in Lalaurie’s home while offering a critique of the notion that Lalaurie was an exception among female slaveholders as well as among New Orleans slaveholders. The chapter examines the role of this haunted house story in New Orleans tours and contemporary popular culture.
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- June 2013
- ISBN:
- 9781846314742
- eISBN:
- 9781846316043
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Discontinued
- DOI:
- 10.5949/liverpool/9781846314742.003.0002
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
This chapter focuses on the career of William Charles McCready, manager of the Birmingham playhouse, the Theatre Royal on New Street. On the evening of 5 September 1803, the final show of the year's ...
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This chapter focuses on the career of William Charles McCready, manager of the Birmingham playhouse, the Theatre Royal on New Street. On the evening of 5 September 1803, the final show of the year's theatrical season was being held — a pantomime entitled The Magic of British Liberty, which saw Napoleon being rudely abused, before the arrival onstage of the two main characters: an English mariner called Bill Breeze, and a sailor from Ireland, Patt Bowling. The chapter then details how the character of Patt Bowling helped introduce the denizens of Birmingham to the Irish, a nationality that, until then, had seldom been seen in the town. It also considers the political implications of the staging The Magic of British Liberty, amidst the ongoing rebellion in Ireland.Less
This chapter focuses on the career of William Charles McCready, manager of the Birmingham playhouse, the Theatre Royal on New Street. On the evening of 5 September 1803, the final show of the year's theatrical season was being held — a pantomime entitled The Magic of British Liberty, which saw Napoleon being rudely abused, before the arrival onstage of the two main characters: an English mariner called Bill Breeze, and a sailor from Ireland, Patt Bowling. The chapter then details how the character of Patt Bowling helped introduce the denizens of Birmingham to the Irish, a nationality that, until then, had seldom been seen in the town. It also considers the political implications of the staging The Magic of British Liberty, amidst the ongoing rebellion in Ireland.
