Antoine dubuclet wiki

American politician

Antoine Dubuclet Jr. (1810 – December 18, 1887) was the State Treasurer of Louisiana from 1868 to 1878.

Before the American Civil War, Dubuclet was one of the wealthiest African Americans in the nation. After the war, he was the first person of African descent to hold the office of Louisiana treasurer.

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Antoine Dubuclet, Jr. was born in , and died on December 18, He was the son of Antoine Dubuclet.

Antoine Dubuclet Jr. ( – December 18, ) was the State Treasurer of Louisiana from to Before the American Civil War, Dubuclet was one of.

Biography.

He was one of America's wealthiest Black businessmen.

Early life

Dubuclet was born in Iberville Parish near Baton Rouge. He was the son of Antoine Dubuclet Sr. and Marie Felecite Gray. Both were free blacks; his father was part owner of Cedar Grove, a successful sugar plantation he inherited from his parents, Joseph Antoine Dubuclet and Rosie Belly.

Upon his father's death, his mother moved to New Orleans with her younger children; Dubuclet took over his father's responsibilities and assisted in managing the plantation and enslaving more than seventy people. In 1834, the plantation was divided between Dubuclet and his siblings.^[1][2]

Family

In the mid-1830s