These monuments purposefully celebrate a fictional, sanitized Confederacy;ignoring the death, ignoring the enslavement, and the terror that it actually stoodfor.
these statues represent an evil way of life, why would a country want to represent as such
A great nation does not hide itshistory. It faces its flaws and corrects them.
here I agree with President Bush. in order to move on, you have to acknowledge the issue and then move forward from there
Antebellum
reminds be of the movie Antebellum
African American History Alliance of Louisiana
haven't heard of this before
In 1795 and 1796, the sugar processing industry was first put upon a firm basis.
this was around the time the slave trade came about
New Orleans was founded in early 1718 by the French as La Nouvelle-Orléans, under the direction of Louisiana governor Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville.
this explains the French food and language throughout the city
New Orleans is considered an economic and commercial hub
i feel like this stems from the slave trade being a booming business in New Orleans because that brought lots of revenue to the city