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Posted on 5/4/14 at 9:32 am to Kafka
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Before the civil war Natchez had more millionaires than any city in America.
True sterry. But let's make this about La. Vidalia is named after the Spanish dude and assistant to the Governor. He moved there After Spain gave up control of Natchez to the US with LA Purchase.
Posted on 5/4/14 at 9:32 am to Jack Daniel
A parish coroner has the only local legal authority to arrest the sheriff.
Or so I've been told.
Or so I've been told.
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Posted on 5/4/14 at 9:33 am to fouldeliverer
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Please do tell. Who is this? Give me a name, the number of slaves and your source.
The Metoyer family. It's well documented.
Posted on 5/4/14 at 9:33 am to BigBlueHog
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Judah and the Lt Governor were cousins.
At the start of the war, Judah P. Benjamin was one of Louisiana’s senators, and the second senator of Jewish descent in American history (after David Yulee of Florida); he became the Confederacy’s attorney general and chief of espionage operations, and later secretary of war and secretary of state. In the waning days of the Confederacy, he argued for freeing the slaves to enlist them to fight for the South. Benjamin’s cousin, Henry M. Hyams, served as Louisiana’s lieutenant governor during the war. After the war Benjamin Franklin Jonas, a former Confederate soldier, became the third Jew in the Senate.
PASSOVER IN THE CONFEDERACY
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Posted on 5/4/14 at 9:34 am to Ignignot
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Human heads were put on sticks by Indians this giving br it's name
You sure that wasn't gross tete?
Posted on 5/4/14 at 9:35 am to BIGDAB
So then the statement is still a specious one. The numerous mulatto descendants of a black woman is claimed to possess a total of about 400 slaves in the decades before the Civil War, forty years after her death. This includes the entire family. Considering Louisiana had a few single persons owning over 500 slaves the this statement has very little value.
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Posted on 5/4/14 at 9:41 am to fouldeliverer
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So then the statement is still a specious one. The numerous mulatto descendants of a black woman is claimed to possess a total of about 400 slaves in the decades before the Civil War, forty years after her death. This includes the entire family. Considering Louisiana had a few single persons owning over 500 slaves the this statement has very little value.
Yes it's very misleading and that's why I choose to post a link to clear things up a bit. Nevertheless it's a very interesting subject and aspect of LA history.
Posted on 5/4/14 at 9:44 am to BIGDAB
When she died she spread out her 14 slaves amongst all her children. Thanks for link, the statement is clearly a false one Fr33
Posted on 5/4/14 at 9:46 am to fouldeliverer
Well that story is a lot less enjoyable than the one I read.
Silly historians letting facts get in the way of a good yarn.
Silly historians letting facts get in the way of a good yarn.
Posted on 5/4/14 at 9:48 am to fr33manator
Posted on 5/4/14 at 9:58 am to shinerfan
Posted on 5/4/14 at 10:00 am to Pectus
Eastern Louisiana at one time was part of Florida.
Hence the "Florida Parishes."
Hence the "Florida Parishes."
Posted on 5/4/14 at 10:04 am to fouldeliverer
Still, I enjoy anything that throws a wrench in the status quo of general slavery "knowledge". I.e., that it was all white men owning slaves and beating them daily within an inch of their life.
In my studies I came to see that institution as one of the most diverse, and most human, aspects of antebellum life.
Literally every sort of human interaction was present. From deplorable to commendable, from love to hate. All of it occurred. One doesn't have to defend the institution to admit it was all-encompassing and really responsible for the makeup of the country, for good or for ill.
And at the very least it was preferable to what went on in the Caribbean.
In my studies I came to see that institution as one of the most diverse, and most human, aspects of antebellum life.
Literally every sort of human interaction was present. From deplorable to commendable, from love to hate. All of it occurred. One doesn't have to defend the institution to admit it was all-encompassing and really responsible for the makeup of the country, for good or for ill.
And at the very least it was preferable to what went on in the Caribbean.
Posted on 5/4/14 at 10:20 am to LSURussian
The story is even more interesting than that. Those northshore parishes weren't originally part of the Louisiana Purchase. In 1810, the settlers rebelled and declared their own country, the Republic of West Florida. And St. Francisville was the capitol. The flag they raised was the first incarnation of what became known as the Bonnie Blue Flag. Later in 1810, it was annexed by the United States as part of the Louisiana territory.
Posted on 5/4/14 at 10:21 am to fouldeliverer
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So then the statement is still a specious one. The numerous mulatto descendants of a black woman is claimed to possess a total of about 400 slaves in the decades before the Civil War, forty years after her death. This includes the entire family. Considering Louisiana had a few single persons owning over 500 slaves the this statement has very little value
But your entire argument was that it was bullshite and a lie. Then when you were proven wrong you still clung to your original statement by calling her clildren mulattos, while techinally they were by law they were considered black and still would be. So basically your first post was made in ignorance, so why don't you just admit that you are a dumbass.
Posted on 5/4/14 at 10:24 am to bencoleman
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But your entire argument was that it was bullshite and a lie. Then when you were proven wrong you still clung to your original statement by calling her clildren mulattos, while techinally they were by law they were considered black and still would be. So basically your first post was made in ignorance, so why don't you just admit that you are a dumbass.
when did the argument happen?
Posted on 5/4/14 at 10:29 am to fr33manator
I find that all too often whites use facts such as, "Some blacks owned slaves" or "Not all slaves were beaten harshly and constantly" to try to normalize the institution or somehow lessen the evil of it.
“No pen can give adequate description of the all-pervading corruption produced by slavery” This quote is from Harriet Jacobs' Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. You should read it.
“No pen can give adequate description of the all-pervading corruption produced by slavery” This quote is from Harriet Jacobs' Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. You should read it.
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Posted on 5/4/14 at 10:37 am to fouldeliverer
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No pen can give adequate description of the all-pervading corruption produced by slavery” This quote is from Harriet Jacobs' Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. You should read it
I take it you mean the book by Linda Brent, edited by L. Maria Child, With new introduction and notes by Walter Teller. It is on my desk as I type. Thank you though I have already read it more than once.
Posted on 5/4/14 at 10:40 am to Pectus
Huey serving both as Senator and Governor. Lt. Gov. Tried to assume office of Gov. . Huey threw him out and replaced him as ell.
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