"blame Canada" (terrance and phillip)
Frantz DESPREZ wrote: > "France must be punished" > Condie RICE > :-) > frantz > > On Aug 31, 2005, at 11:10 PM, Marylynn Schmidt wrote: > > >>>OK .. well .. history >>> >>>New Orleans, as was the rest of Louisiana (remember something called >>>the >>>Louisiana Purchase) owned by the French and was an important port of >>>trade. >>> >>>But really only a port that sent goods to another land. >>> >>>New Orleans was also the only area in the south that contained a >>>population >>>of "free black". >>> >>>It also needs to be understood that the majority of those "free black" >>>were >> >>>from a line of "freed" slaves (women) who were the "contract purchased >> >>>mistresses" of the wealthier French gentry .. and of course .. their >>>"offspring" .. sometimes many, many generations .. with mothers >>>conducting >>>negotiations on behalf of their daughters to obtained the best possible >>>"contract" to ensure their future wealth. >>> >>>The whiter the skin the more desirable. >>> >>>Laws were passed .. because after many generations of black having >>>children >>>fathered by white the features nor the darker skin was no longer there >>>.. >>>these laws required all colored women (any colored blood) to wear head >>>scarves. >>> >>>I have a "thing" about "head scarves"!! >>> >>>.. and .. no .. my ethnic background is >>>German/English/Irish/Scotch/with a >>>bit of Swedish (as if a "bit of anything" could fit in there). >>> >>>The old French Quarter was .. in a large part .. whole sections of >>>neighborhoods (individual houses) that the French gentry would buy for >>>his >>>"contract acquired" (usually for life) concubine .. these were actual >>>contracts .. and even if the the "gentleman" grew tired of his >>>mistress .. >>>the wealth/the house/the contract was fulfilled .. this property was >>>in the >>>name of the mistress and was hers and hers alone. >>> >>>If his wealth permitted he could enter into another contract with >>>another >>>woman. >>> >>>New Orleans wasn't a "planned" neighborhood .. but historically, it >>>has gain >>>a certain reputation of being a great place to party. >>> >>>Party people flocked toward that kind of environment .. and business >>>follows. >>> >>>The fact that oil was discovered in the Gulf just adds to the >>>population .. >>>the businesses .. and the party. >>> >>>.. as an after-thought, once the Americans purchased that area from the >>>French .. a large percentage of the "free black" disappeared (sold >>>north) >>>and their property somehow landed in the hands of others. >>> > > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > > -- Bob Allen http://ozarker.org/bob "Science is what we have learned about how to keep from fooling ourselves" — Richard Feynman _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
