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Antebellum Louisiana was a leading slave state, where by 1860, 47% of the population was enslaved. Louisiana seceded from the Union on January 26, 1861, joining the Confederate States of America. New Orleans, the largest city in the entire South at the time, and strategically important port city, was taken by Union troops on April 25
Louisiana was named after Louis XIV, King of France from 1643 to 1715. When René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle claimed the territory drained by the Mississippi River for France, he named it La Louisiane. [28] The suffix –ana (or –ane) is a Latin suffix that can refer to "information relating to a particular individual, subject, or place."
Today coterminous with the City of New Orleans. Named after Philippe, Duke of Orléans, the regent of France 364,136: 350 sq mi (906 km 2) Ouachita Parish: 073: Monroe: 1807: One of the original 19 parishes. The Ouachita Native American people 157,568: 633 sq mi (1,639 km 2) Plaquemines Parish: 075: Pointe à la Hache: 1807: One of the original ...
Maine (one theory suggests the state was named after the historic French province of Maine) Cadillac Mountain (named after explorer Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac) Calais (after Calais, France) [152] Caribou; Castine (for Jean-Vincent d'Abbadie de Saint-Castin) [153] Deblois; Detroit; Fayette (for the Marquis de Lafayette) [154] Fort Pentagouet ...
Louisiana is divided into 64 parishes, which are equivalent to counties, and contains 304 municipalities consisting of four consolidated city-parishes, 64 cities, 130 towns, and 106 villages. [2] Louisiana's municipalities cover only 7.8% of the state's land mass but are home to 46.4% of its population. [1]
The old Louisiana State Capitol castle. In 1849, the Louisiana state legislature in New Orleans, dominated in number by wealthy rural planters, decided to move the seat of government to Baton Rouge. The majority of representatives feared a concentration of power in the state's largest city and the continuing strong influence of French Creoles ...
The areas of the Louisiana Territory and Orleans Territory now cover several U.S. states, from the Gulf of Mexico to the border of Canada. U.S. states once part of Louisiana territory include: Louisiana Arkansas Colorado Iowa Kansas Minnesota (part) Missouri Montana Nebraska North Dakota Oklahoma South Dakota Texas Wyoming
The Founding of New Acadia: The Beginnings of Acadian Life in Louisiana, 1765–1803. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. OCLC 45843681. De Ville, Winston (1973). Opelousas: The History of a French and Spanish Military Post in America, 1716–1803. Cottonport, Louisiana: Polyanthos. OCLC 724500. Fontenot, Ruth Robertson (1955).