Hello to all, Would anyone know where I can learn more about when Free Persons of Color were no longer allowed in New Orleans or Louisiana? There is a TV show 'History Detectives' and they mentioned a year in which FPC were no longer allowed to live in New Orleans or Louisiana, I can't remember which. Thanks in advance, Marsha
I saw the show, too. While it made a good story, there were some significant holes in his theory for explaining why the man left New Orleans for Natchez. In 1830, Louisiana passed a law that newly freed slaves had to leave the state. This didn't apply to him, but it did to his wife. He jumped to the conclusion that the man left Louisiana for love. There are two big problems with that theory. Rather than leave, most newly freed slaves just got permission to stay which he could have easily done. The other was that Mississippi, and most other southern states, had the same law prohibiting free people of color from moving into their state. There are a couple of good books on the subject. I recommend two by Judith Schafer, (1) Slavery, the Civil Law and the Supreme Court of Louisiana and (2) Becoming free, remaining free: manumission and enslavement in New Orleans. Both were published by LSU Press. Judy Riffel Baton Rouge ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marsha" <marshal@datastar.net> To: <ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 12:38 AM Subject: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Re: FPC in Louisiana-OT ? > > Hello to all, > > Would anyone know where I can learn more about when Free Persons > of Color were no longer allowed in New Orleans or Louisiana? > > There is a TV show 'History Detectives' and they mentioned a > year in which FPC were no longer allowed to live > in New Orleans or Louisiana, I can't remember which. > > Thanks in advance, > > Marsha > > > > > > > > > > > ==== ACADIAN-CAJUN Mailing List ==== > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=topics.ethnic.acadian-cajun > This is a link to the Acadian-Cajun Message Board at RootsWeb. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >