When Louisiana became the 18th state of the Union in 1812, the territory was already seeped in the linguistic, historical, and cultural antecedents that had made New Orleans, its most important city at the time, one of the first multilingual, multiracial, and multiethnic cosmopolitan centers in the United States. The origins of Spanish-speaking Latino Louisiana can be traced to the arrival of Alonso Alvarez de Pineda (c. 1492-1520) in 1519. Alvarez de Pineda sailed from Cuba to explore the uncharted territories between the Florida peninsula -- modern-day Arkansas and Louisiana -- and the southern Gulf of Mexico region. The purpose of his trip was to find a route to the Pacific Ocean and, in this sense, the trip can be said to have initiated the importance of Louisiana, and of New Orleans in particular, to the development of one of the first major commercial zones in the Americas. Though the Spanish were the first Europeans to explore Louisiana, the area was largely under the political control of the French until 1762, when it was briefly ceded to Spain. France, however, regained control of the region in 1800, with the Third Treaty of San Ildefonso, but less than 3 years later it sold the territory to the United States with the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. By the time it was incorporated into the Union, Louisiana had thriving communities of Spanish speakers composed of migrants from Latin American, Spain, and the Canary Islands.
Printed on double leaves. ; "Index to battles, campaigns, engagements, etc., fought within the limits of the state of Louisiana, 1861-1865 . "; v. 1, p. 18-20. ; Photocopy. ; Mode of access: Internet.
Citation: McCaslin, H. The Louisiana purchase. Senior thesis, Kansas State Agricultural College, 1901. ; Introduction: Excepting the Declaration of Independence there is no event in the history of America which has been more potent in shaping the course of the Republic than has the Louisiana Purchase. From this has arisen the great political and social problems which have agitated our country for the last hundred years.
Cover title. ; Part 1. Cost of government, public revenue, and farm taxes -- Part 2. The general property tax and farm taxes / by Bushrod W. Allin and R.L. Thompson -- Part 3. Proposed revision in Louisiana's tax system / by R.L. Thompson. ; Mode of access: Internet.
At the beginning of the 2004 presidential election campaign, Louisiana was considered a potential "battleground" state. While George W. Bush had won the Bayou State in 2000, his victory margin of just under eight percent-age points was modest, and the smallest margin of any of the five Deep South states. Given that Bill Clinton had carried the state twice in the 1990s, and, given a Democratic advantage in party identification, Democratic strategists felt that the Kerry/Edwards ticket could at least make the Bush-Cheney ticket spend time and valuable resources defending the state, but it was not to be.
Master's thesis concerning the Civil War in Tensas Parish, Louisiana, written by Jeffrey Alan Owens. ; https://digitalcommons.latech.edu/manuscript-finding-aids/1224/thumbnail.jpg
Photo-facsimile reprint. 50 copies only ; Includes facsimile of t. p. of the original ed. : "Laws of the territory of Louisiana : passed by the governor and judges assembled in legislature in the month of October, 1810. Published by authority. St. Louis (L.) : printed by J. Charles, printer to the territory, 1810 ; At head of title: Laws of Missouri ; Cover-title ; Mode of access: Internet.
Description based on: 1864. ; Includes appendix with title: Reports of state officers. ; Mode of access: Internet. ; Continued by: Louisiana. Legislature. Senate. Debates of the Senate of the State of Louisiana.
Between Powerlessness and Empowerment: Marriage and Race in Louisiana in the 19th Century. Throughout colonial and Antebellum times, Louisiana governments banned intermarriage between white and black or colored Louisianians – slave or free – in order to curtail the growth of a racially-mixed, potentially subversive population. However, due to the extralegal system of plaçage, many Free Women of Color in New Orleans had marriage-like, often long-term relationships with white men. This article combines aspects of family, gender and identity history with legal history. Based on Louisiana Supreme Court cases of the first half of the 19th century dealing with the legitimacy of marriages and inheritances, it traces the interdependencies between normative family legislation, Louisiana's exceptional social structure and constructions of race and gender. On the surface, these litigations regulate the transfer and distribution of material possessions. More profoundly, however, they negotiate racial identities as a prerequisite for specific social rights and privileges. The examination of these lawsuits demonstrates that courts and juries did not just react to codifications, ritualized through social conventions, but actively participated in the judicial and social constructions of race. Furthermore, women in extralegal relationships and their illegitimate children made use of Louisiana's particular judicial system to create spaces of resistance to sexual and social dependency by procuring financial gains for themselves and their offspring. ; Between Powerlessness and Empowerment: Marriage and Race in Louisiana in the 19th Century. Throughout colonial and Antebellum times, Louisiana governments banned intermarriage between white and black or colored Louisianians – slave or free – in order to curtail the growth of a racially-mixed, potentially subversive population. However, due to the extralegal system of plaçage, many Free Women of Color in New Orleans had marriage-like, often long-term relationships with white men. This article combines aspects of family, gender and identity history with legal history. Based on Louisiana Supreme Court cases of the first half of the 19th century dealing with the legitimacy of marriages and inheritances, it traces the interdependencies between normative family legislation, Louisiana's exceptional social structure and constructions of race and gender. On the surface, these litigations regulate the transfer and distribution of material possessions. More profoundly, however, they negotiate racial identities as a prerequisite for specific social rights and privileges. The examination of these lawsuits demonstrates that courts and juries did not just react to codifications, ritualized through social conventions, but actively participated in the judicial and social constructions of race. Furthermore, women in extralegal relationships and their illegitimate children made use of Louisiana's particular judicial system to create spaces of resistance to sexual and social dependency by procuring financial gains for themselves and their offspring.
7th compilation (containing all laws, regulations, etc., now in force.) Prepared under the direction of state superintendent T. H. Harris. By L. J. Alleman. ; 191 p.
