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  2. History of New Orleans - Wikipedia

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    Mammon and Manon in Early New Orleans: The First Slave Society in the Deep South, 1718–1819. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press. ISBN 978-1572330245. Jackson, Joy J. (1969). New Orleans in the Gilded Age: Politics and Urban Progress, 1880–1896. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. Leavitt, Mel (1982). A Short History of New ...

  3. Timeline of New Orleans - Wikipedia

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    The Territory of Orleans (future state of Louisiana) is established, with the seat of government in New Orleans. 1805 – New Orleans incorporated as a city; 1806 – New Orleans Mechanics Society instituted. [5] 1810 – Population: 17,242. [6] 1811 – Largest slave revolt in American history occurs nearby, with Orleans Parish involved in its ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. Territory of Orleans - Wikipedia

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    The Territory of Orleans or Orleans Territory was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from October 1, 1804, [1] [2] until April 30, 1812, [3] when it was admitted to the Union as the State of Louisiana.

  6. History of Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    New Orleans was the major port for the export of cotton and sugar. The city's population grew and the region became quite wealthy. More than the rest of the Deep South, it attracted immigrants for the many jobs in the city. The richest citizens imported fine goods of wine, furnishings, and fabrics.

  7. History of the Southern United States - Wikipedia

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    In 1817 the French pirate Jean Lafitte settled on Galveston Island; his colony there grew to more than 1,000 persons by 1818 but was abandoned in 1820. The most important French settlements were established at New Orleans and Mobile (originally called Bienville).

  8. Who is Gary Johnson? The undercover police officer who ...

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    June 12, 2024 at 3:37 AM Glen Powell’s latest project Hit Man , which follows the life of undercover police officer Gary Johnson , has soared to the top of Netflix’s film charts just days ...

  9. Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    68.0/20.0 New Orleans [143] 54.3/12.4: 57.6/14.2 ... The ancestors of Cajuns immigrated mostly from west central France to New France, where they settled in the ...