Oak Alley Foundation

Rosetta

OPEN MEMORIAL WEEKEND:

The Historic Site & Exhibits will be open daily from 8:30am-5pm.
Please note that we stop selling tickets at 4pm and expect a higher volume of visitors so we recommend you purchase your admissions in advance. Please pay close attention to the details as you make your reservation and on your confirmation regarding arriving 30 minutes prior to the selected time. Late arrivals are not guaranteed access to the "Big House" exhibit if that is the ticket you purchase. We look forward to your visit.

 

To purchase your admission in advance, please click HERE. 

 

Rosetta

Date of birth: 
1762* (estimated)
Date of death: 
9/13/1840
Baptism Date and Sponsors: 
Unknown
Place of Origin: 
Louisiana (creole)
Gender and Designation: 
Female (mulatto)
Skills or Duties: 
Domestic
Notes: 
Age 45 (R17.005.1)
References: 
  • R17.005.1
    • Jacques Etienne Roman Succession, Tulane University, Howard- Tilton Memorial Library, LaRC 600 Kuntz Collection
    • Value: $1,500
    • Labeled as a domestic, cook, seamstress, and laundress
    • Listed as sold
  • Death record, Archdiocese of Baton Rouge**
    • St. Michael Catholic Church, Convent, Louisiana
    • Died: September 13, 1840
    • Item no. 8; Page no. 20; Entry no. XXX
    • Death record is contained within baptism records in the Oak Alley database.

 

* Denotes estimated date based on available records. 

 

 

Associated transaction(s): 
Slave Baptism Records
Jacques Etienne Roman's Succession (R17.005.1-2)

 

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