“Purchased Lives” in Lake Charles

“Purchased Lives: The American Slave Trade from 1808 to 1865,” a traveling panel exhibition exploring the history of the domestic slave trade, is on display at Calcasieu Parish Library in Lake Charles through Jan. 16 through Feb. 27.

Click here for a schedule of programs.

Presented by Entergy Corporation with additional support from the National Park Service and the Kabacoff Family Foundation,  “Purchased Lives” is a traveling exhibition by The Historic New Orleans Collection in collaboration with the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities.