Marie Baron & Les Forçats

ID: 4903 ~ Source: Paper Monuments ~ Creator: Jeffery Goodman ~ Date: 2018

This file appears in: Marie Baron and Les Forcats

This file appears in: Marie Baron and Les Forcats

Marie Baron and Les Forcats

By Paper Monuments, Jeffrey Goodman, artist & Shannon Lee Dawdy, narrative

Paper Monument #023: Marie Baron was among thousands of forçats, or French criminals sent to Louisiana in the early 1700s as forced laborers. Marie’s life illustrates the harsh conditions of French…