The Road to Louisiana: The Saint-Domingue Refugees 1792-1809 Connie L. Taylor While at the University of

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The Road to Louisiana: The Saint-Domingue Refugees 1792-1809 Connie L. Taylor While at the University ofThis anthology constitutes the first attempt to fill comprehensively one of the most enduring lacunae in Louisiana historiography the French Antillian migration to the lower Mississippi Valley. Generations of Louisiana historians have neglected this influx, involving more than 10,000 Saint Domingue refugees between 1792 and 1810. These newcomers were subsequently joined by far smaller numbers of French citizens from Guadeloupe and Martinique. Not only