Sugar Planter [West Baton Rouge, LA], February 18, 1860
The lands and slaves belonging to the succession of the late Joachim Daigle, were sold at extraordinary prices. The exact prices per acre of the lands we have not been able to learn, but they exceeded the expectations of every one. Some of the negroes brought almost fabulous prices. A carpenter brought $4,400; a field hand, $3,600; a negro woman with three children, the eldest nine years of age, brought $5,000. All the other negroes of the plantation brought very high figures. The entire plantation, if we are correctly informed, was appraised at about $60,000, but competition was so great that near $90,000 were realized for it. Who says lands and negroes are not worth money in West Baton Rouge.