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Documentary highlights West African slaves’ role in Louisiana architecture
A special screening of the award-winning documentary "Ancestral Artistry: The Influence of Africans & Creoles of Color on ...
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THE ELEMENTS OF SOUTHERN WEALTH.; Valuation of Real and Personal Estate in Louisiana. Slaves Worth Nearly the Value of All Other Property Put Together ... - The New York Times
Valuation of Real and Personal Estate in Louisiana. Slaves Worth Nearly the Value of All Other Property Put Together. Share full article. Aug. 2, 1862.
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Centuries late, Louisiana slaves get identities - Tampa Bay Times
From the darkness of history they emerge out of a silver spinning disc: two black slaves sold by a sugar plantation owner named Levi Foster on Feb. 11, 1818, to his in-laws. The first slave, ...
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Louisiana residents claim systemic racism in petrochemical plant approvals - Reuters
Descendants of Louisiana slaves on Tuesday sued their local government over a land use policy they said has led to a concentration of polluting petrochemical plants in predominantly Black ...
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Louisiana’s ban on vaccine promotion; how former slaves found financial success in post-Civil War La. | WWNO
Today on Louisiana Considered, we review the biggest news in the Acadiana region. We also hear about the Louisiana health department’s controversial new vaccine policy, and how many Black ...
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Black Louisiana vets from freed slaves to modern heroes get first monument - The Daily Advertiser
Black Louisiana veterans from freed slaves who fought for the Union during the Civil War to modern heroes who served in the Iraq War will be honored with their first monument in Veterans ...
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Louisiana: Hoodoo & voodoo, ghosts & graves - National Geographic
Louisiana: Hoodoo & voodoo, ghosts & graves. The ancestral home of Native American tribes; a sanctuary for French-speaking outcasts; and a former shelter for runaway slaves — Louisiana's famous ...