Disasters
Cholera in Louisiana
During the nineteenth century, cholera epidemics caused tens of thousands of deaths throughout the state of Louisiana.
Elizabeth Clark Neidenbach
History
Free People of Color
Free people of color constituted a diverse segment of Louisiana’s population and included people that were born free or enslaved, were of African or mixed racial ancestry, and were French- or English-speaking
Free People of Color from the Early American Period through the Civil War
After the Louisiana Purchase, lawmakers passed numerous restrictions against free people of color, though they still experienced some economic gains and opportunities.
Free People of Color in Colonial Louisiana
In colonial Louisiana free people of color developed thriving communities and had access to privileges that enslaved people did not.
Freedom on the Move in Louisiana
Archived notices of people escpaing slavery plot a geography of resistance
History
John McDonogh
Businessman and real estate investor whose extensive involvement with slavery complicates his legacy as a benefactor of public education.
Lessons Even in Silence
K. Stephen Prince’s The Ballad of Robert Charles: Searching for the New Orleans Riot of 1900
History
Marie Couvent
Marie Couvent, also known as Marie Justine Cirnaire, was a wealthy free woman of color in New Orleans who donated property for use as a free school.
Refugee Revolution
Covering the crisis that more than doubled New Orleans’s population
Rethinking Reconstruction
A new history of Reconstruction in Louisiana and South Carolina reveals an alternative path not taken for US race relations
Government, Politics & Law
Third Treaty of San Ildefonso
The Third Treaty of San Ildefonso secretly transferred control of colonial Louisiana from Spain to France.
Third Treaty of San Ildefonso
The Third Treaty of San Ildefonso traded the colony of Louisiana from Spain back to France and played a role in the events that led to the Louisiana Purchase.
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