History
Lynching
Lynching, an extralegal method of maintaining racial boundaries (and terror), has a long, bloody history in Louisiana.
Northeast Louisiana
Northeast Louisiana Index
Government, Politics & Law
Manuel Luis Gayoso de Lemos y Amorin
Manuel Luis Gayoso served as governor of the Spanish colonies of Louisiana and West Florida from 1797 until his death in 1799.
History
Manumission
Manumission is the formal act or process of being released from slavery.
History
Marie Louise Snellings
Marie Louise Wilcox Snellings, one of the first women to earn a law degree from Tulane University, became a successful politician in northeastern Louisiana.
Government, Politics & Law
Michael Hahn
Bavarian immigrant Michael Hahn served as the first Union governor of Louisiana for one year during the Civil War.
Government, Politics & Law
Milliken’s Bend
At Milliken’s Bend the majority of Union forces were formerly enslaved men whose valor was heralded to increase military recruitment among free African Americans.
4.19 b.–d. Mississippi Period
People of the Plaquemine, Caddo, and Mississippian cultures lived in Louisiana between 300 and 800 years ago during a time known as the Mississippi period.
Archaeology
Mississippian Culture
The Mississippian culture spanned from roughly 1050 to 1700 CE
History
Mother Mary Hyacinth
Mother Mary Hyacinth led nine Daughters of the Cross from France to central Louisiana in 1855 to open a convent and several schools.
Government, Politics & Law
NAACP in Louisiana
The NAACP, a national organization founded in 1909 to fight for citizenship rights for Black Americans, opened its first Louisiana branch in 1914.
Government, Politics & Law
Napoleonic Code
The French Civil Code of 1804 standardized civil law in France, becoming a model legal framework for jurisdictions around the world, including Louisiana.
C.9 j. Napoleonic Code
The French Civil Code of 1804 standardized civil law in France, becoming a model legal framework for jurisdictions around the world, including Louisiana.
