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First record of slaves arriving from Africa in America. Gwendolyn Midlo Hall, Africans in Colonial Louisiana: The Development of Afro-Creole Culture in the Eighteenth Century (Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 1995) 157.
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Colapissa Indian Village Creole habitation began in this region when a Colapissa Indian Village was founded in Vacherie, Louisiana.
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A half dozen slaves arrive accidentally in Louisianna during the Spanish American War. Gwendolyn Midlo Hall, Africans in Colonial Louisiana: The Development of Afro-Creole Culture in the Eighteenth Century (Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 1995) 280.
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Source: The slave population was approximately 29% of the overall population in America in 1769.
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Steam engine invention James Watt invents an engine-powered by steam, which leads to the creation of the Steamboat. The steamboat helped moved crops and products from the South to the rest of America by boat on the Mississippi River.
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Revolutionary War The Revolutionary War in America begins in 1775.
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[Revolutionary War](http://<a href='http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/american_revolutionary_war)' >War Ends</a> The American Revolution ends in 1783.
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Constitutional Convention The Constitutional Convention met in Philadelphia to discuss the founding of the nation and abolishing slavery was one of the topics discussed.
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The French Finally agreed to sell the land to the United States for $0.03 an acre. Fradin, Dennis B. The Louisiana Purchase. Tarrytown, NY: Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, 2010. Print.
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Guillaome DuParc is given a land grant from the Spanish in thanks for his time serving in the Anglo-Spanish War. Laura Locoul Gore, Memories of the Old Plantation Home & A Creole Family Album (Louisiana: The Zoe Company, Inc., 2007) 20.
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DuParc Plantation grows sugarcane. Laura Locoul Gore, Memories of the Old Plantation Home & A Creole Family Album (Louisiana: The Zoe Company, Inc., 2007) 12.
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Becomes illegal to import slaves into teh United States of America. Gwendolyn Midlo Hall, Africans in Colonial Louisiana: The Development of Afro-Creole Culture in the Eighteenth Century (Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 1995) 123.
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Nanette, wife of Guillaume DuParc takes over running the plantation after her husband dies. Laura Locoul Gore, Memories of the Old Plantation Home & A Creole Family Album (Louisiana: The Zoe Company, Inc., 2007) 7.
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Freed slaves population published December 2007 Almost 35% of the population of America was freed slaves in 1810.
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War of 1812 The war between America and Great Breatain and Ireland ended in 1815. It is seen as a mistake for everyone concerned because it was badly planned and marked by multiple fiascoes and failures on both sides, as shown especially by the repeated American failure to seize parts of Canada, and the failed British attack on New Orleans and upstate New York
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Sugar Refinement A method of refining sugar by boiling the cane juice in a closed vessel allowed for the efficient production of granulated sugar. Because this was easier to ship, sugar production increased significantly.
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Railroad charter John Stevens was given a railroad charter in North America, which led to the first operational railroads in America. This made it easier to transport the sugar from the plantation by land as well as by water.
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Daughter Elisabeth DuParc marries George Raymond Locoul, a young Frenchman, and becomes the next President of the DuParc Plantation. Laura Locoul Gore, Memories of the Old Plantation Home & A Creole Family Album (Louisiana: The Zoe Company, Inc., 2007) 19.
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Laura Locoul's father, "Emile" Locoul, is born at the Plantation. At 13 years old he was sent to Europe to begin his education in Bordeaux, France. He returned home in 1855 and married Laura's mother Desiree. He was required to produce an heir in order to inherit the Plantation, valued at $6.5 million. He died in 1879. Laura Locoul Gore, Memories of the Old Plantation Home & A Creole Family Album (Louisiana: The Zoe Company, Inc., 2007) 139.
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Raymond and Elisabeth Locoul begin importing red wine from Bordeaux, France and are now wine wholesalers in addition to sugar planters. Laura Locoul Gore, Memories of the Old Plantation Home & A Creole Family Album (Louisiana: The Zoe Company, Inc., 2007) 20.133.
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Norbert Rillieux patented multieffect vaccumm plan to speed the refinement of sugar. Richard Follett, The Sugar Masters: Planters and Slaves in Louisiana’s Cane World, 1820-1860 (Louisiana, Louisiana State University Press, 2005) 33 - 34
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Fugative Slave Act The Fugitive Slave Law or Fugitive Slave Act was passed by the United States Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern slave-holders and Northern “Free-Soilers” . Free Soil candidates ran on the platform that declared: "...we inscribe on our banner, 'Free Soil, Free Speech, Free Labor and Free Men,' and under it we will fight on and fight ever, until a triump
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Laura Locoul's parents marry. Her mother Amy becomes President of the DuParc Plantation. Laura Locoul Gore, Memories of the Old Plantation Home & A Creole Family Album (Louisiana: The Zoe Company, Inc., 2007) 145.
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Underground Railroad An “Underground Railroad” created a transportation method for escaped slaves to take them from the South to the North was formed in the early 19th century, and reached its height between 1850 and 1860. One estimate suggests that by 1850, 100,000 slaves had escaped via the “Railroad”.
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American Civil War Civil War breaks out in America
DuParc Plantation
56,960 acres, 1,134 acres of forrest
Value: $80,000 + $30,000 in machinery
183 slaves living in 69 Cabins Laura Locoul Gore, Memories of the Old Plantation Home & A Creole Family Album (Louisiana: The Zoe Company, Inc., 2007) 97. -
Laura Locoul, last member of the DuParc family, to live on and run the Plantation, which was named after her. She died in 1963 in St. Louis, MO after selling the plantation. Laura Locoul Gore, Memories of the Old Plantation Home & A Creole Family Album (Louisiana: The Zoe Company, Inc., 2007) 247 Laura Locoul Gore, Memories of the Old Plantation Home & A Creole Family Album (Louisiana: The Zoe Company, Inc., 2007) 47
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13th Amendment to Abolish Slavery Passed in USA On this day in 1865, the U.S. House of Representatives passes the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in America.The amendmentread, “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude…shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.”
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Laura Plantation is put up for sale by Laura Locoul Gore. Laura Locoul Gore, Memories of the Old Plantation Home & A Creole Family Album (Louisiana: The Zoe Company, Inc., 2007) 15.
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Laura Plantation is sold to a German family. After this happened, there was no further information up until the 1990s about what happened in the house. Laura Locoul Gore, Memories of the Old Plantation Home & A Creole Family Album (Louisiana: The Zoe Company, Inc., 2007). 113
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The publication of Compair Lopin and Piti Bon Bomme Godron (Brair rabbit and the tar baby) takes place. It is publicated by Alcee Fortier, who had heard stories from African slaves when he was a child, and became obsessed, and started writing books about them, and finally published it. Alcee Fortier edited by Sand Warren Marmillio and Illustrated by Laura Fiedler-Ates, Compare Lapin and Piti Bonhomme Godron (The Tar Baby) Louisiana, The Zoe Company, 1996 34.
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Spanish American War This is the date that the Spanish American War Began. It ended on August 12, 1898.
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This was the last year that a slave/sugar cane worker lived on the farm at Laura Plantation. Laura Locoul Gore, Memories of the Old Plantation Home & A Creole Family Album (Louisiana: The Zoe Company, Inc., 2007).
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Laura Plantation Laura Plantation Starts Giving Tours to the Public.
