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TRI-CENTENNIAL BLACK FACTS
THE CLAIM
In 1682 Robert De La Salle sailed down the Mississippi with 23 Frenchmen and 18 Indians and established a small fort at the site of what is now Memphis. He claimed the whole of the Mississippi River valley as a possession of France and called it “Louisiana” in honor of Louis XIV, king of France.
In 1682 Robert De La Salle sailed down the Mississippi with 23 Frenchmen and 18 Indians and established a small fort at the site of what is now Memphis. He claimed the whole of the Mississippi River valley as a possession of France and called it “Louisiana” in honor of Louis XIV, king of France.
FIRST SLAVERY IN LOUISIANA
The French saw the Louisiana Territory as a tool to aid their constant competition with Spain and England. In 1706 they began a war with the CHITIMATCHA tribe which controlled the Atchafalaya Basin and began to enslave them. The ability of the Chitimacha to escape and go home was a continuing problem for the French
The French saw the Louisiana Territory as a tool to aid their constant competition with Spain and England. In 1706 they began a war with the CHITIMATCHA tribe which controlled the Atchafalaya Basin and began to enslave them. The ability of the Chitimacha to escape and go home was a continuing problem for the French
This week’s Black Facts are provided by Plessey And Ferguson Foundation.
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