The War of 1812 begins! Seven weeks after Louisiana wins statehood, America declares war on Britain. It goes poorly. Britain puts New Orleans in its sights, and the militias—particularly, black militias—are, for now, its best defense.

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The Battle of New Orleans: Andrew Jackson and America's First Military Victory by Robert V. Remini

The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans by Lawrence N. Powell

The World That Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver to Congo Square by Ned Sublette

"'The Preservation of Good Order': William C. C. Claiborne and the Militia of the Louisiana Provisional Government, 1803–1805" by Joseph F. Stoltz III

"British Command Decisions Relative to the Battle of New Orleans" by John K. Mahon

"Mr. Jefferson's Creoles: The Battalion D'Orleans and the Americanization of Creole Louisiana, 1803–1815" by Paul D. Gelpi, Jr.

"William Claiborne and New Orleans's Battalion of Color, 1803–1815: Race and the Limits of Federal Power in the Early Republic" by James E. Wainwright

"Always 'En Garde': The Effects of the Slave Insurrection Upon the Louisiana Mentality, 1811–1815" by Junius P. Rodriguez

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Pirate leader Jean Lafitte has a critical decision to make. So does the U.S. Navy. Nothing less is at stake than the future of Barataria Bay—and New Orleans.

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The Pirates Laffite: The Treacherous World of the Corsairs of the Gulf by William C. Davis

"Jean Lafitte and the British Offer of 1814" by John Sugden

"The Patterson and Ross Raid on Barataria, September 1814" by Robert C. Vogel

The World That Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver to Congo Square by Ned Sublette

The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans by Lawrence N. Powell

Jean and Pierre Lafitte fight the law in the bays and bayous of Louisiana. The Lafittes usually win (or at least escape). But the Navy and New Orleans gear up for a big showdown with the pirates of Barataria Bay.

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The Pirates Laffite: The Treacherous World of the Corsairs of the Gulf by William C. Davis

"The Patterson and Ross Raid on Barataria, September 1814" by Robert C. Vogel

The World That Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver to Congo Square by Ned Sublette

The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans by Lawrence N. Powell

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Piracy explodes in the Gulf. Pierre and Jean Lafitte establish a pirate empire in Barataria Bay. Despite Jefferson's embargo, New Orleans residents enjoy tons of cheap, illegal goods.

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The Pirates Laffite: The Treacherous World of the Corsairs of the Gulf by William C. Davis

"The Patterson and Ross Raid on Barataria, September 1814" by Robert C. Vogel

The World That Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver to Congo Square by Ned Sublette

The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans by Lawrence N. Powell

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Hundreds of enslaved Louisianans rise up against the sugar plantations. Led by Charles Deslondes, this army marches on New Orleans while the U.S. military is away.

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American Uprising: The Untold Story of America's Largest Slave Revolt by Daniel Rasmussen

The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans by Lawrence N. Powell

The World That Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver to Congo Square by Ned Sublette

City of a Million Dreams: A History of New Orleans at Year 300 by Jason Berry

"'A Horde of Brigands?' The Great Louisiana Slave Revolt of 1811 Reconsidered" by Robert L. Paquette

"The Persistent Specter: Slave Rebellion in Territorial Louisiana" by James H. Dormon

"Historiographical Examinations of the 1811 Slave Insurrection" by Nathan A. Buman

"Commerce and Slavery in Lower Louisiana" in Slave Country by Adam Rothman

https://64parishes.org/entry/german-coast-slave-insurrection-of-1811

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Adelaide, a Domingan refugee of color, arrives in New Orleans. She is free. And she has the proof. But people continually try to re-enslave her anyway.

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"Paper Thin: Freedom and Re-enslavement in the Diaspora of the Haitian Revolution" by Rebecca J. Scott

"'She... Refuses to Deliver Up Herself as the Slave of Your Petitioner': Emigres, Enslavement and the 1808 Digest of the Civil Laws" by Rebecca J. Scott

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10,000 refugees from San-Domingue/Haiti suddenly land in New Orleans. Thousands get homes and jobs. Thousands are re-enslaved at the docks.

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The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans by Lawrence N. Powell

The World That Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver to Congo Square by Ned Sublette

City of a Million Dreams: A History of New Orleans at Year 300 by Jason Berry

"The 1809 Immigration of Saint-Domingue Refugees to New Orleans: Reception, Integration and Impact" by Paul F. Lachance

"The Saint-Domingue Refugees and the Preservation of Gallic Culture in Early New Orleans" by Nathalie Dessens

"Paper Thin: Freedom and Re-enslavement in the Diaspora of the Haitian Revolution" by Rebecca J. Scott

"'She... Refuses to Deliver Up Herself as the Slave of Your Petitioner': Emigres, Enslavement and the 1808 Digest of the Civil Laws" by Rebecca J. Scott

https://64parishes.org/refugee-revolution

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Aaron Burr plots a conspiracy. To stop it, General Wilkinson places New Orleans under military dictatorship. French speakers prove their loyalty to the United States.

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The Burr Conspiracy: Uncovering the Story of an Early American Crisis by by James E. Lewis Jr.

The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans by Lawrence N. Powell

The World That Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver to Congo Square by Ned Sublette

City of a Million Dreams: A History of New Orleans at Year 300 by Jason Berry

"William C. C. Claiborne: Profile of a Democrat" by John D. Winters

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/duel-burr-conspiracy/cx

https://www.history.com/news/aaron-burrs-notorious-treason-case

https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/99-01-02-4459

https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/99-01-02-4537

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Americans believe New Orleans is ignorant, hedonistic and overly Catholic. Governor Claiborne is given near-dictatorial powers to rule. New Orleans residents get a bit too passionate about their ballroom dancing.

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"'Too ignorant to elect suitable men': Characterizations of Louisianans in Congress: 1803–1805" by Julien Vernet

A Wilderness So Immense: The Louisiana Purchase and the Destiny of America by Jon Kukla

The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans by Lawrence N. Powell

The World That Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver to Congo Square by Ned Sublette

City of a Million Dreams: A History of New Orleans at Year 300 by Jason Berry

"The Public Masked Balls of Antebellum New Orleans: A Custom of Masque Tradition Outside the Mardi Gras Tradition" by R. Randall Couch

"The Passion of the Prefect: Pierre Clément De Laussat, 1803 New Orleans, and the Bonapartist Louisiana That Never Was" by Eberhard L. Faber

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The French tricolor rises over New Orleans. Three weeks later, the American flag takes its place. The last French governor has a weird, impactful year in New Orleans.

"The Passion of the Prefect: Pierre Clément De Laussat, 1803 New Orleans, and the Bonapartist Louisiana That Never Was" by Eberhard L. Faber

A Wilderness So Immense: The Louisiana Purchase and the Destiny of America by Jon Kukla

The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans by Lawrence N. Powell

The World That Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver to Congo Square by Ned Sublette

https://64parishes.org/entry/pierre-clment-de-laussat

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