Enslaved Lady symbolizing Eulalie Jacob standing in cotton fields

Eulalie Jacob-The Cause of a Lawsuit

The enslaved Eulalie Jacob was worth fighting over and Scholastic Normand sued her husband, for control of her. Moreover, the enslaved Jacob from Africa, once owned by Marguerite Wienaire may indeed be Eulalie’s father and the person from whom the African-American Jacob line from Avoyelles Parish descends. Eulalie goes from being an enslaved valuable asset to a free landowner.

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