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The Acadians were scattered throughout the eastern seaboard. Families were split and boarded ships with different destinations. [25] Many ended up west of the Mississippi River in what was then French-colonized Louisiana, including territory as far north as Dakota territory.
After being expelled to France, many Acadians were eventually recruited by the Spanish government to migrate to Luisiana (present-day Louisiana). These Acadians settled into or alongside the existing Louisiana Creole settlements, sometimes intermarrying with Creoles, and gradually developed what became known as Cajun culture. [27]
In addition to the 500,000 Acadians in the Atlantic provinces, there were 1 million Acadians in Louisiana, 1 million in New England, 1 million in Quebec, and probably 300,000 in France, for a total of at least 3.8 million worldwide. [22] Some thirty towns and regions almost everywhere in Quebec can be considered Cadies.
He was also the first superintendent of schools in Louisiana. Andrea Dimitry's children were upper-class elite Creole. They were mostly educated at Georgetown University. One of his daughters married into the English royal House of Stuart. Some Creoles served as prominent members of the Confederate Government during the American Civil War.
Many slaves imported during this period were members of the Nago people, a Yoruba subgroup. [34] The slaves brought with them their cultural practices, languages, and religious beliefs rooted in spirit and ancestor worship, as well as Roman Catholic Christianity—all of which were key elements of Louisiana Voodoo. [33]
The highest number were of Bakongo and Mbundu descent from Angola, [28] representing 35.4% of all people with African heritage in Louisiana. [29] They were followed by the Mandinka people at 10.9% and Mina (believed to represent the Ewe and Akan peoples of Ghana) at 7.4%. [30]
The Acadians and Mi’kmaq were also successful in the Battle of Bloody Creek (1711). [16] Acadians by Samuel Scott, Annapolis Royal, 1751. During Father Rale's War, the Maliseet raided numerous vessels on the Bay of Fundy while the Mi'kmaq engaged in the Raid on Canso, Nova Scotia (1723). In the latter engagement, the Mi'kmaq were aided by ...
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