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  2. History of slavery in Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    Exhibit inside the Slavery Museum at Whitney Plantation Historic District, St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana. Following Robert Cavelier de La Salle establishing the French claim to the territory and the introduction of the name Louisiana, the first settlements in the southernmost portion of Louisiana (New France) were developed at present-day Biloxi (1699), Mobile (1702), Natchitoches ...

  3. Rileasa Slaves - Wikipedia

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    Rileasa Slaves is the stage name of Kiraly Saint Claire, [1] a Saint Lucian-born British drag performer competing on the sixth series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK. Career

  4. African Americans in Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    Runaway slave ad in Louisiana, 1851. The first enslaved people from Africa arrived in Louisiana in 1719 on the Aurore slave ship from Whydah, only a year after the founding of New Orleans. [7] Twenty-three slave ships brought black slaves to Louisiana in French Louisiana alone, almost all embarking prior to 1730. [8]

  5. Southdown Plantation - Wikipedia

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    Southdown Plantation was founded in 1828 by William John Minor, son of Stephen "Don Esteban" Minor, former secretary to the Spanish Governor of Louisiana, Manuel Gayoso de Lemos and James Dinsmore. [3] The land had first been a Spanish land grant and was later owned by brothers Jim and Rezin Bowie, [4] who began planting and harvesting indigo ...

  6. Pop of the Tops - Live: The Rusical - Wikipedia

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    Rileasa Slaves as Adele; The runway show has contestants wear fashion inspired by Diana, Princess of Wales (pictured in 1997) On the main stage, the contestants work with Michelle Visage, a vocal coach, and a choreographer. Back in the Werk Room, the contestants prepare for the musical and runway show.

  7. Filipino Workers Kept As Slaves In Louisiana, Lawsuit Charges

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  9. 1811 German Coast uprising - Wikipedia

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    The rebels laid waste to Meuillion's house. They tried to set it on fire, but a slave named Bazile fought the fire and saved the house. After nightfall the escaping slaves reached Cannes-Brulées, about 15 miles (24 km) northwest of New Orleans. The men had traveled between 14 and 22 miles (23 and 35 km), a march that probably took them seven ...