Did you know? The history of Southeast Louisiana and Haiti are intertwined. The brutal conditions of slavery in Haiti, French Revolutionary ideals, and deep racial and class tensions were catalysts for the Haitian Revolution. Following the successful Haitian Slave Revolt, thousands of Haitians—both formerly enslaved individuals and free people of color—landed in New Orleans as refugees. France’s loss of Saint-Domingue weakened its economic grip on the region, contributing to the decision to sell Louisiana to the United States through the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. In response to the Haitian Revolution, Southern states enacted stricter slave codes to suppress signs of rebellion, imposing harsher punishments and tightening control over enslaved individuals. #HaitianHeritageMonth #LouisianaHistory #BlackHistory 🖼: View of the 40 days of fire of the plain houses at Cap-Français. August 23, 1791. 🖼: A map showing the land agreement from the 1803 Louisiana Purchase (fb)

📚 Just 2 Weeks Away: You're Invited to Our First Virtual Book Club!📚 We’re honored to welcome Pulitzer Prize finalist Lee Hawkins for a conversation around his critically acclaimed memoir, I AM NOBODY’S SLAVE. Hailed by Oprah Daily and Library Journal as a must-read, Hawkins’s memoir is a powerful exploration of Black American trauma and truth-telling—tracing his family’s 400-year journey from slavery to the present day. 🖊️ Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from the author. 🎟️ This event is Free and Open to the Public! Register: https://loom.ly/0D6_X_A Purchase your copy of I Am Nobody's Slave: https://loom.ly/XzpwP3k 📅 Wednesday, June 5 from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. CT #WhitneyPlantation #LeeHawkins #IAmNobodysSlave #BlackHistoryMatters #BookClub #AuthorEvent #Memoir #IntergenerationalHealing (fb)