C.9 a. Tunica-Biloxi Tribe
The Tunica-Biloxi Tribe is one of only four American Indian groups in Louisiana recognized by the federal government.
Antebellum Period
Antebellum Period Index
History
Unionism in Louisiana
Contrary to conventional assumptions, many Louisianans opposed secession and the Confederacy during the Civil War.
Business & Industry
Urban Slavery in Antebellum Louisiana
Enslaved people in Louisiana’s cities were engaged in virtually every labor role, from domestic service to dentistry.
7.10 j., l. Urban Slavery in Antebellum Louisiana
Enslaved people in Louisiana’s cities were engaged in nearly every labor role, from domestic service to dentistry.
Architecture
US Custom House
The US Custom House at the foot of Canal Street in New Orleans is one of the most significant mid-nineteenth-century buildings in the nation.
History
Valcour Aime
Valcour Aime employed the latest technologies and oversaw the creation of an elaborate garden on his sugar plantation.
Literature
Victor Séjour
Victor Séjour’s 1837 story “Le Mulâtre” is considered the first work of published fiction by an African American writer.
Folklife
Voudou
Voudou, a synthesis of African religious and magical beliefs with Roman Catholicism, emerged in New Orleans in the 1700s and survives in active congregations today.
History
Wesley Chapel
One of the first Black Protestant churches in Louisiana, Wesley Chapel played pivotal roles in social and political movements, from teaching freed Black women to read after the Civil War to engaging in the civil rights movement.
Art
William Aiken Walker
Working in various Southern locations including New Orleans, painter William Aker Walker created small-scale works for tourists and large-scale, more stylized paintings for wealthy clients.
Government, Politics & Law
William B. Hyman
William B. Hyman served as the chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from 1865 to 1868.
Government, Politics & Law
William Charles Cole Claiborne
William Charles Cole Claiborne was the first territorial and state governor of Louisiana in its transitional years from the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 to statehood in 1812.
