Stirling, Lewis, 1786-1858.
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Stirling, Lewis, 1786-1858.
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Stirling, Lewis, 1786-1858.
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Lewis Stirling, son of Alexander and Ann Alston Stirling, was a Louisiana sugarcane and cotton planter. Among his plantations were Arbroath Plantation in West Baton Rouge Parish, La. and Solitude and Attakapas Plantations in St. Mary Parish. He and his wife, Sarah Turnbull, resided at Wakefield Plantation in West Feliciana Parish, La. with their six children. Stirling served as a lieutenant during the War of 1812, and his son, Lewis, served as a Confederate officer in the Civil War. During the war, several family members moved to Smith County, Texas taking a number of their slaves. The family remained in Texas until war's end.
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Slavery
African American agricultural laborers
Cotton growing
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Sugar growing
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Attakapas Plantation (La.)
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Solitude Plantation (La.)
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Wakefield Plantation (La.)
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Arbroath Plantation (La.)
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Texas
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