The 40 men, women, and children arrived at the port on New Orleans. They were separated from the other enslaved people who were on the ship with them, and then presented to Henry McCall.

McCall was the Uncle of Christopher Adams's wife Harriet, and owned a large plantation close to theirs called Evan Hall Plantation, just north of Donaldsville. He was a native of Philadelphia, and had moved south after the War of 1812. McCall was no stranger to the slave trade. His family were in the mercantile industry, and had a long history of trafficking humans into the deep south, when the laws allowed.

In the mid 1830’s, Christopher Adams married Harriot Gage McCall, and shortly thereafter maintained residences in New Orleans, as well in Iberville parish. The house was built sometime in the late 1830’s or early 1840’s. According to the Baton Rouge Tri-weekly Gazette & Comet from September 6, 1845, Adams was already living and well known in Iberville Parish. Although Adams defined himself as a planter, it was only one of several occupations he had. In 1839, thirty-two year old Christopher Adams became the President of the Union Bank of Louisiana, and was a member of the Board of Commissioners for the Citizens’ Bank of Louisiana. In 1845, Adams ran for office in the State Senate to represent Iberville and West Baton Rouge. He won on the Whig platform. By 1852 he also served as the first President of the Western Railroad Company and Opelousas Railroad Company. 

 In 1848, a map of the land owners along the Mississippi River lists the C. Adams and W.C. Adams plantation just south of White Castle. 

W.C. Adams was Christopher’s younger brother William. Although he appears as a co-owner of the property, it is more likely that he is living with his brother as he established himself in the area. Ultimately, William moved four miles south of Plaquemine and had his own plantation.

The plantation where Christopher Adams and his family lived was called ‘Alhambra’, or red castle, because the stone façade was painted red. It was located about a mile south of White Castle along the banks of the Mississippi River.