Talk:History of Louisiana/Archive 1

History of Louisiana, at last
I was surprised this page didn't exist when I first searched for it, so I have created it. Much of the material so far has been culled from the Louisiana page or from sporadic bits of personal memory, but any other contributions are greatly appreciated. In particular, the narrative developed on the main Louisiana article lacks any real mention of slavery, or of developments in the state following the Civil War.

Cjs2111 06:20, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

I've started to add some about slavery, as well as demographics in the colonial and antebellum era. It certainly needs more - New Orleans was the third largest city and wealthiest city about 1840, in large part because of the slave trade. Also, there's been much new research and study of which groups of Africans were imported to Louisiana, really interesting work. --Parkwells 19:47, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

There's nothing to confirm that what is now the state of Michigan was ever considered part of Louisiana; the settlements at Detroit and Mackinac were consistently treated as offshoots of the French colony in Canada. Although there doesn't appear to have been a clear demarcation, it seems that the Great Lakes basin and the rivers which drain into it were considered to be Canada, while the drainage of the Mississippi was considered to be Louisiana. Unless someone wants to cite an example to the contrary, I propose to delete Michigan from the list of states formed out of Louisiana. LibertyHiller (talk) 17:42, 8 January 2010 (UTC)