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Colonial Natchitoches : a Creole community on the Louisiana-Texas frontier / H. Sophie Burton and F. Todd Smith.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Burton, H. Sophie, 1966-
- Series:
- Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest ; no. 29.
- Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest ; no. 29
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Frontier and pioneer life--Louisiana--Natchitoches.
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Community life--Louisiana--Natchitoches--History--18th century.
- Community life.
- Creoles--Louisiana--Natchitoches--History--18th century.
- Creoles.
- Free African Americans--Louisiana--Natchitoches--History--18th century.
- Free African Americans.
- Enslaved persons--Louisiana--Natchitoches--History--18th century.
- Enslaved persons.
- French Americans--Louisiana--Natchitoches--History--18th century.
- French Americans.
- Natchitoches (La.)--History--18th century.
- Natchitoches (La.).
- Natchitoches (La.)--Race relations--History--18th century.
- Natchitoches (La.)--Social conditions--18th century.
- Natchitoches (La.)--Economic conditions--18th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (234 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Strategically located at the western edge of the Atlantic World, the French post of Natchitoches thrived during the eighteenth century as a trade hub between the well-supplied settlers and the isolated Spaniards and Indians of Texas. Its critical economic and diplomatic role made it the most important community on the Louisiana-Texas frontier during the colonial era. Despite the community's critical role under French and then Spanish rule, Colonial Natchitoches is the first thorough study of its society and economy. Founded in 1714, four years before New Orleans, Natchitoches developed a cr
- Contents:
- Front Cover; Contents; Preface; 1. An Overview of Colonial Natchitoches; 2. Creating Hegemony in Colonial Natchitoches: The French Creole Community; 3. Slavery in Colonial Natchitoches: The African Creole Community; 4. Free People of Color: A Dependent Segment of Colonial Natchitoches; 5. The Indian Trade in Colonial Natchitoches; 6. Plantation Agriculture in Colonial Natchitoches; 7. The Ranching Industry in Colonial Natchitoches; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-60344-437-8
- OCLC:
- 698589265
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