Government, Politics & Law
Ruffin Pleasant
As governor of Louisiana from 1916 until 1920, Democrat Ruffin G. Pleasant oversaw Louisiana’s efforts during World War I (1914-1918).
Northeast Louisiana
Northeast Louisiana Index
Foodways
Sagamité
Entry describes sagamité, a range of cornmeal-based soups, stews, and porridges with Native American origins that became a common component of French colonial cuisine.
Government, Politics & Law
Samuel McEnery
Democrat Samuel McEnery served as governor of Louisiana from 1881 until 1888.
Government, Politics & Law
Sebastian Calvo de la Puerta Y O'Farrill, marqués de Casa Calvo
After the death of Governor Manuel Gayoso de Lemos in July 1799, Casa Calvo was sent to Louisiana to serve as interim governor of the Spanish colony.
Music
Shape Note Singing
Shape-note singing dates from the late seventeenth century and is a system of printed shapes, instead of standard music notation, to help untrained singers learn how to read the music.
History
Sharecropping
Sharecropping was a labor that came out of the Civil War and lasted until the 1950s.
Geography
Sherwood “Woody” Gagliano
Woody Gagliano sounded the alarm on Louisiana’s coastal land loss crisis and worked with his colleagues for decades to remedy the problem.
History
Slave Insurrections in Louisiana
Slavery existed in Louisiana from its earliest origins as a French colony through the Confederacy's defeat in the Civil War. Slave insurrections, however, were unusual events.
History
Slavery in French Colonial Louisiana
As early as 1699, when Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville first began to develop the French colony of Louisiana, he petitioned the king to allow a slaving expedition to the west coast of Africa to procure captive laborers.
History
Slavery in Spanish Colonial Louisiana
During Louisiana's Spanish colonial period, the number of enslaved Africans and the number of free people of color increased greatly.
History
Son House
The guitar style of Edward James “Son” House has influenced blues musicians since the 1930s.
Government, Politics & Law
Spanish Colonial Louisiana
Spain governed the colony of Louisiana for nearly four decades, from 1763 through March 1803, returning it to France for a few months until the Louisiana Purchase conveyed it to the United States in 1803.
