The Dilemma of Democracy in Louisiana's Florida Parishes, 1810--1899
by
Samuel C. Hyde Jr
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 1998
In the nineteenth-century South, there existed numerous local pockets where cultures and values different from those of the dominant planter class prevailed. One such area was the Florida parishes of southeastern Louisiana, where peculiar conditions combined to create an enclave of white yeomen. In...