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The 28 square miles (18,000 acres) of land the prison sits on was known before the American Civil War as the Angola Plantations, a slave plantation owned by slave trader Isaac Franklin. The prison is located at the end of Louisiana Highway 66, around 22 miles (35 km) northwest of St. Francisville.
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1880 From Plantation to James Prison Camp. Desiring the status of a wealthy landowner, James purchased several plantations across Louisiana, one of which was the original Angola Plantation. James moved a small number of male and female prisoners under his control to Angola.
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Sep 21, 2016 · In the 19th century, that same land was home to a slave plantation. Both the prison and the plantation share the nickname Angola, referring to the African country from which its slaves came.
- Krissah Thompson
consisting of several small camps built with inmate labor within the confines of the plantation compound, angola has a long history of severe abuses, including the sanctioned use of floggings, punishment camps, and torture.
Jun 18, 2021 · Angola’s origins as a prison date back to 1880. Then the state awarded the lease of Louisiana State Penitentiary and all of its convicts to a former Confederate Army officer, Samuel L. James. James purchased several plantations across Louisiana, in addition to the Angola Plantation.
Angola Plantation originated from several Spanish land grants made in the last decade of the eighteenth century and first decade of the nineteenth century. By 1834 most of the property had been acquired by Francis Routh for the production of cotton.
Angola State Prison was located on land that was originally an 8,000-acre plantation in West Feliciana Parish, in a remote region of Louisiana. The nearest town was 30 miles away. The plantation was named Angola, after the homeland of its former slaves.
