The River Road — National Park Service

This map points to the historic sites on the southeastern Louisiana travel itinerary. Burnside and Donaldsonville are in Ascension Parish which shares a border with Assumption Parish.

“Louisiana’s fabled Great Mississippi River Road consists of a corridor approximately 70 miles in length located on each side of the river between Baton Rouge and New Orleans. The area includes the river, levees, and adjacent lands and cultural resources.”
The River Road — National Park Service

“Located in the little river town of Donaldsonville, once the commercial center for the Bayou Lafourche district, the River Road African American Museum features materials relating to slavery and African American life in the neighboring sugar parishes. No other venue in the state offers such a detailed and intimate portrait of African American life in a particular place and time.

“Exhibits include an interactive kiosk of freedom stories from Southeastern Louisiana’s Underground Railroad plus displays on rural black doctors, Creole life in the town and surrounding countryside, the rural roots of jazz music, black inventors, folk artists, and Reconstruction. To aid in genealogical research, the museum also features slave inventories containing the names of over 5,000 enslaved people from various plantations in Louisiana.”
Louisiana — Feed Your Soul

“Lion’s Tale is a documentary produced and directed by Mary Anne Mushatt.  It provides a platform for residents of Louisiana’s River Road, giving voice and presence to the stories of their people. Members of the African-American community and Houma Nation tell their stories, bringing the lore and legacy of the past into their own homes.”
(27:39)  Tulane University Digital Library, 2000

River Road African American Museum: First Africans in Louisiana
“This video is a snippet from the River Road African American Museum’s kiosk on the ‘Louisiana’s Freedom Journey’.”
(2:30) YouTube, July 12, 2013.