THE NEW YORK TIMES
By Rick Rojas
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| Performers in a reenactment of an 1811 slave rebellion marched through LaPlace, La., on Friday. William Widmer for The New York Times |
LaPLACE, La. — The rebels and slave owner were performers — actors, students, engineers and teachers who had been enlisted in the ambitious undertaking on Friday to recreate a rebellion in 1811 in which some 500 enslaved people of African descent marched from the sugar plantations along River Road to New Orleans. The 26-mile march, a re-enactment of the 1811 German Coast Uprising in southeast Louisiana, began Friday morning and will conclude Saturday. It was timed to the 400th anniversary of the arrival of enslaved Africans in Virginia, a moment that has ignited considerable reflection about the specter of slavery still hanging over the United States and the depths of its influence. [
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Hundreds of performers were involved in the project, which took six years to orchestrate.
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| The artist Dread Scott, wearing a vest, led the event. Mr. Scott is known for work that often highlights injustices endured by African-Americans. |
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