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1. www.evergreenplantation.org › the-slave-communityThe Slave Community — Evergreen Plantation

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   Census data compiled between 1810 and 1864 relate that slaves in Louisiana resided in a variety of household types, including single families, extended families, multiple families, co-resident siblings, relatives, unrelated individuals, and single solitary males and females.

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2. www.wikitree.com › wiki › Green-61936Fredrick Green (1850-1915) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree

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   Aug 15, 2024 · Fred Green was born in Jan 1850 in Mississippi, United States. Military Service, Civil War. Fred enlisted as a private in Company A, 3rd Regiment Engineers, Corps d' Afrique, on April 10, 1863. The 3rd Engineers, Corps d'Afrique, was organized in New Orleans, Louisiana, on August 26, 1863. The regiment was composed of African American soldiers.

3. www.evergreenplantation.org › evergreen-blog › 2020The Arrival of the First Africans in Louisiana — Evergreen ...

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   May 7, 2020 · The first slave ships from Africa arrived in Louisiana in 1719, only a year after the founding of New Orleans. Twenty-three ships brought slaves to Louisiana in the French period alone, almost all embarking prior to 1730.

4. www.smithsonianmag.com › history › thibodauxThe Thibodaux Massacre Left 60 African-Americans Dead and ...

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   On November 23, 1887, a mass shooting of African-American farm workers in Louisiana left some 60 dead. Bodies were dumped in unmarked graves while the white press cheered a victory against a ...

5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › African_Americans_in_LouisianaAfrican Americans in Louisiana - Wikipedia

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   African Americans in Louisiana or Black Louisianians are residents of the US state of Louisiana who are of African ancestry; those native to the state since colonial times descend from the many African slaves working on indigo and sugarcane plantations under French colonial rule.

6. allthatsinteresting.com › pbs-pinchbackP.B.S. Pinchback, The Story Of America's First African ...

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   Feb 22, 2016 · But from December 29, 1872, to January 13, 1873, P.B.S. Pinchback made history. Somehow, amid the especially brutal racism of the Reconstruction era, and in one of the South’s most staunchly Confederate states (Louisiana), America had its first African-American governor.

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   Who are African Americans in Louisiana?

   • African Americans in Louisiana or Black Louisianians are residents of the US state of Louisiana who are of African ancestry; those native to the state since colonial times descend from the many African slaves working on indigo and sugarcane plantations under French colonial rule. [ 4 ]

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   How long did African Americans live at Evergreen Plantation?

   • African Americans provided the workforce and lived in the quarters houses at Evergreen Plantation for nearly 200 years, first as slaves and later as freedmen.

   The Slave Community — Evergreen Plantation

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   Who were the slaves at Evergreen Plantation?

   • Many of the slave laborers on plantations in the South worked in the fields as plow hands, carters, ditchers, or woodcutters, among others. At Evergreen Plantation, Pierre Clidamont Becnel purchased slaves that were skilled workers. An 1835 document lists a total of 54 slaves at the plantation.

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   Why did African Americans leave Louisiana?

   • African Americans left Louisiana by the tens of thousands during the Great Migration in the first half of the 20th century, seeking work and political opportunities elsewhere. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, African Americans were 31.2% of the state's population. [ 17 ]

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   Who backed growers in New Orleans?

   • In the state capital of New Orleans (relocated to Baton Rouge in 1882), Republican Governor William Pitt Kellogg also backed growers. But he was under siege from the Louisiana White League, a paramilitary white supremacist group formed in 1874 to intimidate Republicans and keep African-Americans from voting.

   The Thibodaux Massacre Left 60 African-Americans Dead and Spelled the

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8. www.evergreenplantation.org › our-historyOur History - Evergreen Plantation

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   A German settlement dating back to 1777…. The Evergreen Plantation tour is an outstanding representation of the plantation culture in Louisiana. Our tour is based on hundreds of pages of documentation, a public archaeology project funded by a grant from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, and ongoing research in oral history and ...