Art
Theodore Sydney Moise
In the 1840s Theodore Sydney Moise moved to New Orleans, where he operated a successful portrait studio for decades.
U.S. Territorial Period
U.S. Territorial Period Index
Government, Politics & Law
Thomas Bolling Robertson
The third governor of Louisiana after its admission as a state, Thomas Robertson served from 1820 to 1824.
Government, Politics & Law
Thomas Overton Moore
Thomas Overton Moore served as the fourteenth governor of Louisiana, leading the state through much of the Civil War.
Government, Politics & Law
Thomas Slidell
Thomas Slidell served as chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from 1853 to 1855.
Peoples of Louisiana
Tunica-Biloxi Tribe
The Tunica-Biloxi Tribe is one of only four American Indian groups in Louisiana recognized by the federal government.
6.8 a.-b., 6.9 g.-h. Tunica-Biloxi Tribe
The Tunica people, skilled traders and entrepreneurs who engaged with French colonists in the eighteenth century, merged with several other historical Louisiana tribes in the twentieth century.
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.
History
Valcour Aime
Valcour Aime employed the latest technologies and oversaw the creation of an elaborate garden on his sugar plantation.
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
West Florida Revolt
The Florida Parishes were not included in the Louisiana Purchase but were under Spanish control.
7.9 e. West Florida Revolt
The Florida Parishes weren’t included in the Louisiana Purchase but instead were added to Louisiana after an armed revolt against the Spanish colonial government.
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.
