The road to Louisiana
Subtitle: the Saint-Domingue refugees, 1792-1809
By: edited and annotated by Carl A. Brasseaux and Glenn R. Conrad ; with translations by David Cheramie.
Contributors: Brasseaux, Carl A.; Conrad, Glenn R.
Publisher: Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Southwestern Louisiana; Brand: Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Southwestern Louisiana; Univ of Louisiana at Lafayette
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Lafayette, La
Language: eng
Number of pages: 306
Subjects: Haitian Americans -- Louisiana -- History -- 18th century.; Haitian Americans -- Louisiana -- History -- 19th century.; Refugees -- Louisiana -- History.; Refugees -- Haiti -- History.; Louisiana -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 18th century.; Louisiana -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century.; Haiti -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 18th century.; Haiti -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century.; Haiti -- History -- Revolution, 1791-1804 -- Refugees.
Notes: Two of the works in this collection translated from the French.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: From la tortue to la Louisiane: an unfathomed legacy / Thomas Fiehrer; title: The Saint-Domingue refugees in Cuba, 1793-1815 / Gabriel Debien; title: The Saint-Domingue refugees in Louisiana, 1792-1804 / Gabriel Debien and René Le Gardeur; title: The 1809 immigration of Saint-Domingue refugees to New Orleans : reception, integration, and impact / Paul Lachance.