Fashion Plantation
Steadily Taylor added to the land of the plantation. He improved its sugar works (at considerable expense), and expanded its labor force to nearly 200 slaves. He became one of the wealthiest men in Louisiana for his holdings. The freeze of 1856 ruined his crop, forcing him into heavy debt with a large mortgage on the plantation. His mother-in-law Aglae Bringier aided Taylor and his wife at the time.
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