French LA Vocabulary

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Laws by Bienville in 1724 regulating slave behavior and rules for masters.

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Code Noir

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Young, marriageable girls from France with a trunk of goods to start a household.

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Casket Girls

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Grant of land by French government to a concessionaire for clearing land for crops.

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Concessions

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Ceremonial pipe used by Native Americans.

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Calumet

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Officer in command of French Louisiana colony.

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Commandant

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Business manager of French Louisiana colony.

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Commissary-commissioner

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Early form of modern corporation where many invested by buying stock, similar to today's stock market.

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Joint-Stock Company

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Expansion and collapse of the Company of the Indies, a French investment in Louisiana, akin to a stock market crash.

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Mississippi Bubble

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A plant used for blue dye.

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Indigo

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System allowing a businessman to control a colony for profit; modernly, a business owner.

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Proprietorship