LaLaurie's house was subsequently sacked by an outraged mob of New Orleans citizens, and it is thought that she fled to Paris, where she is believed to have died.
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Martineau wrote in 1838 that LaLaurie fled New Orleans during the mob violence that followed the fire, taking a coach to the waterfront and travelling by schooner from there to Mobile, Alabama and then on to Paris.
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George Washington Cable recounted in 1888 a then-popular but unsubstantiated story that LaLaurie had died in France in a boar-hunting accident.
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Grace King wrote in 1921 that the trip was Don Ramon's "military punishment", and that Delphine met the Queen, who was impressed by Delphine's beauty.
In the show, Delphine LaLaurie, a serial killer and socialite, tortures her slaves in horrible ways.
Delphine Py-Bilot | Delphine Ledoux | Delphine Zentout | Delphine LaLaurie | Delphine Djiraibe | Delphine de Girardin | Delphine Arnault |