Fazendeville, Louisiana

Fazendeville was a small community in Saint Bernard Parish, Louisiana, United States which was dismantled in the 1960s. In 1854, the land was listed as part of the succession of Jean Pierre Fazende, a "free man of color", and was inherited by his son of the same name. At the end of the American Civil War, the younger Fazende divided what had been agricultural land into lots and sold them to recently freed slaves. The black community was started by 1867, with the Battle Ground Baptist Church established on April 16, 1868.

Fazendeville, Louisiana

Fazendeville was a small community in Saint Bernard Parish, Louisiana, United States which was dismantled in the 1960s. In 1854, the land was listed as part of the succession of Jean Pierre Fazende, a "free man of color", and was inherited by his son of the same name. At the end of the American Civil War, the younger Fazende divided what had been agricultural land into lots and sold them to recently freed slaves. The black community was started by 1867, with the Battle Ground Baptist Church established on April 16, 1868.