Don's note [see excerpt below] implies that most Acadians became large plantation owners. He probably meant to say that a FEW [a VERY FEW!] became Plantation owners [also, the definition of plantation varies!]. Most of those who settled along the Mississippi were forced to sell their land because of laws that required them to pay for levees and other improvements. This is referred to as the Second Acadian Explusion. Most Acadians remained a low-income and poorly-educated "underclass" until modern times. Stanley LeBlanc http://www.thecajuns.com ***excerpt from Don Landry's note*** I should have said that the Acadians who eventually settled in Louisiana were given land, an ox or cow, an ax, picks and shovel, seeds and within one or more generations became large plantation owners, because they were free to pursue their dreams in a government friendly atmosphere.