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Africatown, also known as AfricaTown USA and Plateau, is an historic community located three miles (5 km) north of downtown Mobile, Alabama.It was formed by a group of 32 West Africans, who in 1860 were bought and transported against their will in the last known illegal shipment of slaves to the United States.
The Fula, Fulani, or Fulɓe people [a] are an ethnic group in Sahara, Sahel and West Africa, widely dispersed across the region. [22] Inhabiting many countries, they live mainly in West Africa and northern parts of Central Africa, South Sudan, Darfur, and regions near the Red Sea coast in Sudan. The approximate number of Fula people is unknown ...
The Downtown Ruston Historic District is a historic district located in downtown Ruston, Louisiana.. The 32 acres (0.13 km 2) area includes 78 contributing buildings and 29 non-contributing buildings, as well as one non-contributing site.
The tall chimneys at the ends of the buildings, shown in the map profile, were not used on the reconstructed Fort Condé. Also, the lengths of buildings were longer in the original fort, than represented in the 4/5 scale replica fort. The Mobile River is illustrated on the 1725 map with the label Riviere de la Mobille, using the spelling "Mobille."
[2] [3] Two notable buildings within the district are the Old Federal Building (Opelousas, Louisiana) and the Opelousas City Hall; both of which are separately listed on the National Register. The Opelousas National Historic District is locally significant in the area of architecture because it is easily the best preserved historic central ...
A Map of West Florida (bottom right), the U.S. (top right) and Louisiana (left), published in 1781, showing Mobile in the center of West Florida. Mobile became a part of the "14th British colony", British West Florida , in 1763, when the Treaty of Paris was signed, ending the French and Indian War .
The first state bank and oldest bank building in the state. [30] Barton Academy: Mobile: 1836 School The first public school in the state of Alabama. [35] Somerville Courthouse: Somerville: 1837 Courthouse The oldest surviving masonry courthouse in the state. [36] The structure bears much resemblance to the first Alabama state house, once ...
Woodland Plantation, in West Pointe à la Hache, Louisiana, is a historic building and a former plantation house. It is located at 21997 Louisiana Highway 23 in West Pointe à la Hache, in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. This sugar plantation was once worked by enslaved people.