WVUE: On International Coffee Day, HNOC Unveils New Research About Rose Nicaud

“We scoured archival sources, records in the notarial archives, sacremental records of the archdiocese, censuses, property records, and civil court cases to piece together the story of Rose’s life and her immediate family. . . . I think her story tells us alot about the possibilities of entrepreneurship also informs us about urban slavery, which is something we don’t often think about. In the streets of the French Quarter, the faubourgs of New Orleans, or even the Garden District, people endured enslavement but also met with some freedom in that experience as well.”