Crime in colonial New Orleans : terror on the frontier /
Louisiana under the rule of the French empire was a dangerous place to live. Settlers and slaves contended against both nature and one another in order to build lives for themselves at the edge of the known world. Scarcity led to desperate acts of survival. While settlers contended with the elements...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Charleston, SC :
The History Press,
2025.
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| Summary: | Louisiana under the rule of the French empire was a dangerous place to live. Settlers and slaves contended against both nature and one another in order to build lives for themselves at the edge of the known world. Scarcity led to desperate acts of survival. While settlers contended with the elements, the French empire subjected untold thousands to the horrors of plantation slavery. From mutinies, attempted high-seas hijackings, murder and high treason to stealing linens and soap, the residents of the eighteenth-century Louisiana dared to survive. Author David Michael Schneider brings to life these stories for the first time. |
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| Physical Description: | 111 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781467159159 1467159158 |