Government, Politics & Law
Civil War Louisiana
Louisiana seceded from the Union, sent thousands of Confederate soldiers out of state, witnessed occupation, and saw the emancipation of more than 300,000 enslaved people.
Louisiana seceded from the Union, sent thousands of Confederate soldiers out of state, witnessed occupation, and saw the emancipation of more than 300,000 enslaved people.
The years between 1861 and 1865 were the most tumultuous five-year span in Louisiana history.
Clara Solomon is best known for her diary, which chronicles her experiences in New Orleans during the Civil War.
Louisiana has boasted a rich classical music traditional since early European exploration and settlement.
In 1873 white Louisianans responded to Reconstruction policies with violence, resulting in the Colfax Massacre.
As a member of the Confederate States of America, Louisiana provided soldiers who fought outside the state.
More than 50,000 white men from Louisiana shouldered arms for the Confederacy.
Congo Square, now Armstrong Park in New Orleans’s Tremé neighborhood, served as a gathering ground for Africans in the early years of the city.
Convict leasing was a system of penal labor instituted in the American South after the emancipation of slaves by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1865, involving the leasing out of prisoners to private companies.
Andrew Jackson was entertained at Cottage Plantation while en route to Natchez after the Battle of New Orleans.
The courir de Mardi Gras is the rural celebration of Mardi Gras in Louisiana, usually held in Cajun communities
The skills of the Coushatta Tribe’s contemporary basket weavers have elevated this centuries-old utilitarian craft to a highly valued art form showcased in private and museum collections nationwide.
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