Loved seeing a great historian Stephen Ambrose introducing this story. What a great writer and teacher

This brings me back to switching on WYES when i was bored back in the 2000s. There was some historically vital public broadcasting in new orleans then; I hope it doesnt go away

I'm proud to be a Louisiana loving man ..love our people our tradition our love

Had to watch this for my LEAP test, thanks you 🙏

GREAT Historical series on Louisiana History. Should be viewed by ALL Public High Schools, in Louisiana. I brought this up to my Local School board. Sadly, they wanted no part of it.

My family history in louisiana goes back before Desoto arrived. This documentary is telling only half of the story.

they dont make historical documentaries like this anymore

I have ancestral roots in northern Louisiana. Specifically the Bossier City area and the Cane River area as well!

Fantastic!!

When they talk about when the French first settled, they settled in Bayou Goula, Louisiana. Bayou Goula has Louisiana first catholic church and the world's smallest catholic church. French bought the catholic religion to Louisiana.

Haiti (Saint Domingue) is the REASON napoleon sold Louisiana. Time stamp 48:20

Thank you ❤️

😆I'd almost forgotten they'd used my hands as Thomas Jeffereson's.

What year is this documentary from?

Jeff Landry .I notice a lot of people I’ve watched on KZfaq docos last name is Landry.are u related to Troy Landry from swamp people.I remeber he was from and had a large family Landry.Melissa from Australia 🇦🇺

Um, obviously the developers of Red Dead 2 watched this and took all the names from it

In around 1000 AD, a Welsh expedition of 10 Ships landed at the mouth of the Mississippi. We were told of Natives in this land who had Lighter Skin, Red, Blonde, Black Beards and Hair. If you investigate this Story I believe the name of the Leader was Maddox and at least one ship returned to Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿. Not sure if Maddox was on that ship.

I'm a Romero from New Iberia

Is it Marc Savoy's voice starting at 17:23?

Godblesslousianamore

hard documentary

How did they deal with the heat and humidity?

There already were black Indians there before they brought the so called slaves and settlers there

if you appreciate this video, support Local journalism and public broadcasting by donating to them, give PBS some money because Republicans keep trying to defund it.

B U L B A N C H A F O R E V E R

This is the land where my people the Creoles were slaves, we served over 400 years of bitter slavery, I had asked my aunt about some of our history, she said they were still picking cotton in 1960’s! The LaFleur’s have a tragic history especially the women, my grandmother and my oldest aunt, their firstborn were white children, children of rape, the virgins were broke open by the slave masters, then they were allowed to marry in our own race Creole and African American, my great grandmother was a pure Choctaw Native American from Opelousas Louisiana. ❤

Wow! They completely omitted the fact that France was Forced to sale Louisiana to the US due to the Haitian revolution. The enslaved Africans were victorious and almost bankrupt France. France had no choice but to sale that land to the US.

Great video. The explanation of the background of the deportation of the Acadian is somewhat erroneous and simplistic. The statement "The Acadians...who made their home in Acadie, what is now Nova Scotia..." does not reflect the reality of the region in 1755. Acadia was conquered for the final time by the British in 1710 and ceded by France to the British under the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713. At that time Acadie became known, again and finally, as Nova Scotia. Furthermore, Acadia had been comprised of a region that today would encompass Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Maine to the Kennebec River, and a small area of the Gaspe region of Quebec. The Acadians had settlements scattered across this whole region. The main population of Acadians lived in what was actually Nova Scotia at the time, as well as in other areas of old Acadia, beyond "what is now Nova Scotia". The statement that 50% of the Acadians died is too high and not supportable. The percentage was high but appears to be closer to perhaps 30%. Some care most also be taken as to the deaths enumerated. Do you count just those lost in the actual transportation aspect of the deportations or for a period afterward? Where do one draw the line in time? Although religious bigotry cannot be ignored, it played only a very minor part in what triggered the deportations. The video does accurately place the bigotry on the New Englanders as it does appear New England society had a much higher incident of anti-Catholic feelings than society in Britain by the mid-eighteenth century. Imperial rivalry was the primary reason behind the deportations. Acadia/Nova Scotia had played a very strategic role in the region between New England and New France. Both the French and the British wished to control this borderland area to help protect their respective larger colonies. Borderlands tend to always be areas of conflict. France had for years worked to destabilize Nova Scotia and attempted to recover it for their own. Some Acadians did side with the French but in general most tried to stay neutral. These intrigues and actions by France by the time of the opening of the French & Indian War/Seven Years War had created a situation where the British administration had lost trust in the Acadians. The opening of war in the region with the siege and capture of Fort Beauséjour that revealed some Acadians had participated alongside the French trigger a call by the British of the Acadians to provide an unqualified oath of loyalty. This would mean the Acadians would need to part with the qualified oath they had provided in times past that created their neutral status. The Acadians refused the unqualified oath several times in 1755. The Acadians representatives upon realizing the British were no longer offering empty threats did offer the unqualified oath but it was too late. The trust was lost and the deportations commenced.

They made a huge mistake by creating New Orleans in that area. The land is below sea level . But I guess it’s all about the money to them smh

Governor A.B. Roman was my Grandfather… 🇫🇷🇺🇸

Thanks for sharing this vital information! I am able to better understand the meaning and heritage of Louisiana. I am born and raised Louisiana and I knew the history was much deeper than I was taught. There’s so much pain and so much justice needs to take place for true healing. Some of us are fixated on Democrats being understanding when this video clearly let us know who threatened to kill if voted Republicans the Democratic Party started white supremacy yet most of us believe white Republicans are to blame when in 1868 3rd of the House of Rep were Black and 1/5 of Senators were Black. White Democrats used terror in Louisiana to gain votes assembling army’s like Knights of White Camellia were organized by white Louisiana democrats . Most of African Americans strongly disagree with Louisiana Republicans when it was the Democrats themselves who forced our votes or the would kill us! July 30, 1866 riot were a mob of angry white Democrats who did not support Blacks to vote and voted in power of slavery. After the civil war in 1873 Easter Sunday Democrats set fire to Grand Parish Courthouse killing black Republicans. The information is endless and learning is true wealth. Hopefully we can all learn from the past mistakes and truly fix them so we can stop repeating these cycles of blood and horror.

Wow "Accord them with dignity" what a concept haha. History is rough.

Now we have a Acadia emergency service 🙄

How did young Americans raise this amount of money?

The french sold Lousiana territory like they even owned it. Im surprised the native tribes havent brought this up in Supreme Court. This is an outrageous act of disrespect to justice and human rights, and any form of injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. Throw out these out dated laws and free the natives. Were tired of being enslaved and having our good lands milked by sons of the freedom fighting and slave holding founding fathers.

All Jairo Beinville!

*We the people in North Africa payed for French loss of Louisiana*

Da boot

long

We know these European were black jews and the indigenous were also black tribes..

Ah yes louisiana the land of the white mexicans. The land where you see cars piled up in lawns.

See it wasn't so bad "Le code noir" in all. C'mon

New land? To who? Not the people ALREADY there! Ridiculous

DONT WATCH........ Just another 'poor Black man' show