The Ballroom here once served the extralegal system of placage. In 1881it was bought by Holy Family nuns and became a convent, until the convent moved in 1964. The site is now a hotel that is said to be haunted by the men women from the placage days. (Pacage is where white men entered into domestic unions with women of Afircan, Indigenous or mixed-race descent, not much better than slavery.) There is a plaque that says "Former Site of Holy Family Sisters' Convent."
The above information is from the New York Times, 1/23/22, at Sunday Review p. 10, "The Legacy of Slavery In New Orleans," an opinion piece by Imani Perry.
| Publication date | Feb 03, 2022 |
The Ballroom here once served the extralegal system of placage. In 1881it was bought by Holy Family nuns and became a convent, until the convent moved in 1964. The site is now a hotel that is said to be haunted by the men women from the placage days. (Pacage is where white men entered into domestic unions with women of Afircan, Indigenous or mixed-race descent, not much better than slavery.) There is a plaque that says "Former Site of Holy Family Sisters' Convent."
The above information is from the New York Times, 1/23/22, at Sunday Review p. 10, "The Legacy of Slavery In New Orleans," an opinion piece by Imani Perry.
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