Delphine LaLaurie

Tags: Madame LaLaurie, New Orleans
Delphine LaLaurie known as Madame LaLaurie was born on 1775 in New Orleans, Louisiana. She starved and tortured black slaves. When fire destroyed her home the public learned what she had done. But she fled before they brought charges against her. When a fire occurred at her Royal Street mansion and rescuers discovered burned slaves and signs of years of torture at the residence. Delphine married Don Roman in 1800, he was a high ranking Spanish officer. He died in 1804 during this time she gave birth to her first daughter Marie. She remarried in 1808 to Jean Blanque at the same time they purchased a home in 1409 Royal Street. She had four more children by Blanque. He died 1816 and married Leonard Louis Nicolas LaLaurie on 1825. Years later she bought property at 1140 Royal Street to build a mansion which was three story and wasn't finished until a year later. She had slaves and they were all mixed. There were rumors surfacing that LaLaurie was mistreating the slaves, she was later contacted by a lawyer who reminded her that there are laws relevant to the un keep of slaves. An incident occurred at the residence where a girl who was one of the slaves was going to be whipped by the Madame and she ran from her making her fall from the third floor till her death. LaLourie has to forfeit that 9 slaves she had. In 1834 when a fire broke out they found a women chained to a stove. She said she started the fire because she wanted to commit suicide. They also found 7 slaves mutilated. After that incident there were stories that slaves were tortured. When the citizens discovered this they demolished and destroyed the home or anything they can get their hands on. Madame LaLaurie died in Paris in 1842. There are different versions of the story but one thing is for sure she was a sadistic killer.