1764 to 1803
1764.
What was already here when the first Acadians arrived?
1764
Twenty people arrived into a colony that was 65 years old.
In April 1764, twenty Acadians released from exile in New York reached New Orleans. In 1765, 193 more arrived from Halifax under Joseph Broussard dit Beausoleil and were sent to the Attakapas District. The largest group came in 1785: 1,596 people on seven ships chartered by Spain.
They arrived in a colony that France had already handed to Spain. Spanish law gave enslaved people the right to buy their freedom, and the free population of color grew from fewer than one hundred to about fifteen hundred by 1800. In 1795, Spanish authorities crushed a planned revolt of enslaved people in Pointe Coupee.
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1764First Acadian exiles reach New Orleans from New York1765Beausoleil Broussard group of 193 Acadians sent to Attakapas1769Spanish law brings coartacion, the right of self-purchase1785Seven Spanish-chartered ships carry 1,596 Acadians from France1795Pointe Coupee conspiracy of enslaved people suppressed1803Louisiana Purchase treaty signedNext chapter · 1804 to 1945