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Nat Turner's Rebellion, historically known as the Southampton Insurrection, was a slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia, in August 1831. Led by Nat Turner , the rebels, made up of enslaved African Americans , killed between 55 and 65 White people , making it the deadliest slave revolt for the latter racial group in U.S ...
"Ruins of the Ursuline Convent, at Charlestown, Massachusetts," historical print, 1834, collection of the Charlestown Historical Society. The Ursuline Convent riots occurred August 11 and 12, 1834, in Charlestown, Massachusetts, near Boston, in what is now Somerville, Massachusetts.
German Coast area of Louisiana, circa 1816 (Barry J. Ruderman Antique Maps 49116mp2) The sugar boom on what was known as Louisiana's German Coast (named for immigrants in the 1720s) began after the American Revolutionary War, while the area near New Orleans was still controlled by Spain
Great New Orleans Fire. [2] Lafayette Square laid out (approximate date), by the Surveyor-general Charles Trudeau, who would later serve as interim mayor. Madame John's Legacy was built, today a rare example of a raised cottage in the French Quarter. 1789 – Saint Louis Cemetery established. 1792 – Theatre de la Rue Saint Pierre opened. 1794
Norman's plan of New Orleans & environs, 1845; Exchange Place is marked as number 7. At the time, Canal Street was the dividing line between the French Quarter's Creoles and the Anglo-Americans on the CBD (Central Business District)/ Uptown Side. Peters wanted the exchange to shift more economic activity to the Anglo-American Portion of the city.
The French Quarter, also known as the Vieux Carré (UK: /ˌvjɜː kəˈreɪ/; US: /vjə kəˈreɪ/; [4] French: [vjø kaʁe]), is the oldest neighborhood in the city of New Orleans. After New Orleans ( French : Nouvelle-Orléans ) was founded in 1718 by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville , the city developed around the Vieux Carré ("Old ...
Jackson Square, formerly the Place d'Armes (French) or Plaza de Armas (Spanish), is a historic park in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana.It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1960, for its central role in the city's history, and as the site where in 1803 Louisiana was made United States territory pursuant to the Louisiana Purchase.
Madame John's Legacy is a historic house museum at 632 Dumaine Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana.Completed in 1788, it is one of the oldest houses in the French Quarter, and was built in the older French colonial style that was still prevalent in New Orleans at that time.