Oakland Plantation, part of the Cane River Creole National Historical Park, originally known as Bermuda, was begun by Jean Pierre Emmanuel Prudhomme on a tract of land granted to him by the Spanish government in 1789. He quickly built a fortune, vastly increasing his land holdings. At the time of his death in 1845, he held 104 enslaved people. Emmanuel’s estate passed into the hands of his descendants, who continued to develop and expand the plantation. The Prudhomme land was split in 1868 between two heirs, Jacques Alphonse and Pierre Emmanuel. Jacques kept the land on the west side of the river, including the Main House and the area now considered Oakland Plantation. Pierre took all of the lands on the east side of the river and renamed his plantation Atahoe.

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