īoth of Delphine's parents were prominent in the town's European Creole community. (The Irish surname MacCarthy was shortened to Macarty or de Macarty.) Her mother was Marie Jeanne L'Érable, also known as "the widow Le Comte", as her marriage to Louis B. Her father was Louis Barthélemy de McCarty (originally Chevalier de MacCarthy), whose father Barthelemy (de) MacCarthy brought the family to New Orleans from Ireland around 1730, during the French colonial period. Marie Delphine Macarty was born in New Orleans, Spanish Louisiana, on March 19, 1787, as one of five children.
However, her house was burned by the mob, and the "LaLaurie Mansion" at 1140 Royal Street was in fact rebuilt after her departure from New Orleans. The mansion traditionally held to be LaLaurie's is a landmark in the French Quarter, in part because of its history and for its architectural significance.
LaLaurie's house was subsequently sacked by an outraged mob of New Orleans citizens. They discovered bound slaves in her attic who showed evidence of cruel, violent abuse over a long period. She maintained her position in New Orleans society until April 10, 1834, when rescuers responded to a fire at her Royal Street mansion. Marie Delphine Macarty or MacCarthy (Ma– December 7, 1849), more commonly known as Madame Blanque or, after her third marriage, as Madame LaLaurie, was a New Orleans socialite and serial killer who tortured and murdered slaves in her household.īorn during the Spanish colonial period, LaLaurie married three times in Louisiana and was twice widowed.
The LaLaurie mansion, from a 1906 postcard
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