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Gilbert Academy was a premier preparatory school for African-American high school students in New Orleans, Louisiana. Begun in 1863 in New Orleans as a home for colored children orphaned by the American Civil War, the home moved to Baldwin, Louisiana, in 1867. The Orphans Home evolved into a school and, over the next 80 years, became Gilbert ...
Ursuline Convent (French: Couvent des Ursulines) was a series of historic Ursuline convents in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.In 1727, at the request of Governor Étienne Perier, nuns from the Ursuline Convent of Rouen (Normandy) went to New Orleans to found a convent, run a hospital, and take care of educating young girls.
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This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in St. James Parish, Louisiana, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map.
The Association of the Holy Family, a lay group of free persons of color, contributed financially. They helped found the Hospice of the Holy Family, for the elderly sick and poor. [ 1 ] Now called the Lafon Nursing Facility , it served as a long-term care facility and is the first and oldest Catholic nursing home in the United States.
Congress received so many testimonials to the Sisters care, that in 1871 it voted $12,000 in reparations to the rebuild the orphanage destroyed during the siege. [4] As a congregation of diocesan right, the Sisters live under the full authority of the local Ordinary of the diocese in which they serve.
By 1850, the city of New Orleans had a population of approximately 150,000. Of this population, 15,000 were free people of color, and 15,000 were slaves. The city had a three tier social structure, at the top of which were free whites, in the middle were free people of color, and at the bottom were slaves.
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