Posts Tagged ‘African American History’
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Tiger Oil and Gas Corporation
0April 24, 2014 by elhseven
Burton, Willie. 1994. On the Black side of Shreveport: a history. 2nd edition, Shreveport, LA: s.n.]. Out of print
Category Places | Tags: African American History, Dr. E.L. Dickson, Dr. R.T. Nelson, LA, Louisiana, Miss Martha McClinton, Missouri K. West, Mr. F.W. WIlliams, Mr. M.J. Kennedy, Mr. William Jackson, Mrs, Mrs. G.E. Williams, oil & gas, Oil City, Shreveport, Tiger Oil and Gas Corporation
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Newton Smith
0April 24, 2014 by elhseven
Excerpt taken from: Burton, Willie. 1994. On the Black side of Shreveport: a history. 2nd edition, Shreveport, LA: s.n.]. Out …
keep readingCategory People | Tags: African American History, blacks, Greenwood Louisiana, McCain Plantation, Newton Smith, Newton Smith Elementary School
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1850 Caddo Parish Slave Census
0February 23, 2014 by elhseven
The 1850 U.S. Federal Slave Schedule for Caddo Parish reported 5,763 slaves with 466 slaveowners. There are some slaveowners missing …
keep readingCategory People | Tags: African American History, Caddo Parish, Rural NW LA African American Genealogy, slaveowners, slavery
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Before we were Democrats…
0February 1, 2014 by elhseven
Newly freed slaves and slave descendants began heavily voting the Republican ticket from 1865 – 1868 electing Republican politicians who …
keep readingCategory Events | Tags: African American History, Bossier Riot, C.C. Antoine, Caddo Parish, Gilles Vandal, hate crimes, land ownership, Oscar J. Dunn, Pickney B.S. Pinchback, Reconstruction in Louisiana, Red River Sankofa Project, Rural NW LA African American Genealogy, Rural NW Louisiana, William G. Brown
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Hettie Adger Cemetery/St. Paul CME Church
0January 18, 2014 by elhseven
I continue to tell people sometimes the only evidence of one’s existence is found in a graveyard. If you are …
keep readingCategory Places | Tags: African American genealogy, African American History, Belcher, Caddo Parish, Carolina Bluff CME Church, Dickson, Hettie Adger, Morris & Dickson Co., Plain Dealing, Rural NW Louisiana, Rush Point Plantation, Slaves, St. Paul CME Church
