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In 1719 Prisoners in France, were offered freedom IF they married a whore & moved to La.
Posted on 12/17/18 at 12:30 pm
Posted on 12/17/18 at 12:30 pm
That explains a lot.
History lesson of the day.
History lesson of the day.
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In 1719, John Law decided to offer prisoners in Paris something they could not refuse. He offered them their freedom as long as they were willing to marry a prostitute and head off to Louisiana.
Anyone who agreed to the bargain were shackled together until they boarded a ship to sail to the Gulf Coast. John Law went as far as to raid hospitals for drunks and disorderly soldiers, find prostitutes and the black sheeps of society, paupers and just about anyone who wouldn’t put up a fuss, and they were then forcibly taken to the docks to be shipped off to the colony.
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Posted on 12/17/18 at 12:31 pm to heypaul
And that's how we got Lockport.
Posted on 12/17/18 at 12:33 pm to heypaul
Sooo,
What yer sayin is your Mom and sisters are just following the longstanding family tradition then???
What yer sayin is your Mom and sisters are just following the longstanding family tradition then???
Posted on 12/17/18 at 12:34 pm to heypaul
We should do that in america today, except they have to go to africa
Posted on 12/17/18 at 12:34 pm to heypaul
They still dump off French prisoners in Grand Isle from what I can tell.
Posted on 12/17/18 at 12:35 pm to heypaul
Did they get to pick their whore or were they assigned at random?
Posted on 12/17/18 at 12:35 pm to heypaul
I wish I had a French government gf
Posted on 12/17/18 at 12:35 pm to heypaul
Explains how Chalmette came to be.
Posted on 12/17/18 at 12:37 pm to heypaul
it all makes sense now
Posted on 12/17/18 at 12:38 pm to heypaul
If this is a dig at Louisiana, read the article. The early settlers ended up in what is now the Mississippi Gulf Coast and the higher class immigrants packed up and moved to what is now Louisiana.
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The new immigrants and the old ones were settling in the town of Biloxi (which would later be part of Mississippi but it was part of what was called Louisiana at the time and it was the part that John Law could profit from). But with the influx of criminals and other less than ideal immigrants, many of the well to do immigrants who had come in an attempt to shape the new colony found themselves unwilling to stick around. They started moving East to New Orleans to get away from the starving criminals that were invading their little town.
This post was edited on 12/17/18 at 12:39 pm
Posted on 12/17/18 at 12:38 pm to heypaul
that honestly explains alot about Kaplan
Posted on 12/17/18 at 12:38 pm to heypaul
Ship Nutz (or as the French call them noix de bateau) were the forbear to the Truck Nutz we know and love today.
This post was edited on 12/17/18 at 12:42 pm
Posted on 12/17/18 at 12:48 pm to heypaul
This is fantastic
Posted on 12/17/18 at 12:48 pm to heypaul
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In 1719, John Law decided to offer prisoners in Paris something they could not refuse. He offered them their freedom as long as they were willing to marry a prostitute and head off to Louisiana.
Anyone who agreed to the bargain were shackled together until they boarded a ship to sail to the Gulf Coast. John Law went as far as to raid hospitals for drunks and disorderly soldiers, find prostitutes and the black sheeps of society, paupers and just about anyone who wouldn’t put up a fuss, and they were then forcibly taken to the docks to be shipped off to the colony.
My people!
Posted on 12/17/18 at 12:57 pm to heypaul
So wait...Louisiana is just Australia but trashier and with less animals trying to kill you?
Posted on 12/17/18 at 12:58 pm to heypaul
Posted on 12/17/18 at 12:59 pm to heypaul
That explains most of South LA.
Posted on 12/17/18 at 1:00 pm to heypaul
I always wondered where politicians came from.
Posted on 12/17/18 at 1:42 pm to heypaul
Explains the atmosphere in Death Valley at night...
Posted on 12/17/18 at 1:52 pm to heypaul
So, stay in prison or move to Louisiana with a trashy wife. What a dilemma.
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