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"The Foreign French" Vol. 2, Immigrants into Louisiana 1840-1848 Carl Brasseaux

$ 31.67

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Condition: Oversized hardback book without a dust jacket. The binding is very secure. There is slight bumping and wear to the top and bottom of the spine and minimal wear to the corners of the boards. There is very slight brown spotting to the page edges. This book is not ex-library nor ex-libris. It has no writing, highlighting, or underlining. It may have a very slightly musty odor. Please see photos. Sold as is.
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    is a hard to find book containing information on the thousands of French who migrated into Louisiana during a nine year span in the middle of the 19th century.  They were persuaded to leave because of political, social, and economic upheavals in their homeland and were naturally attracted to an area of the United States that had been originally colonized by France.  Because they arrived after the US was an independent country (as opposed to during the colonial period), the author has given them the name of "Foreign French".
    Title:
    The "Foreign French":  Nineteenth-Century French Immigration into Louisiana, Volume II, 1840 - 1848.
    Compiled by:  Carl Brasseaux
    Published by: The Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Southwestern Louisiana (Lafayette, Louisiana)
    Copyright:  1992 by University of Southwestern Louisiana
    ISBN:  0-940984-71-7
    Hardback book.  No dust jacket.
    Pages:  363
    About 11.25 inches tall by about 8.75 inches wide.
    NOTE:  The series, as originally published, had three volumes.  Volume I was for 1820 - 1839, Volume II for 1840 to 1848, and Volume III for 1849 to 1852.
    I am selling only Volume II.
    According to the Introduction, the years chosen for Volume II (1840 - 1848) correspond with the latter years of the Soult-Guizot ministry in France.  (Soult and Guizot were the surnames of two Prime Ministers.)  The country's situation was becoming increasingly unstable with food shortages and the traumas associated with rapid industrialization.  The turmoil culminated in the deposition of King Louis Philippe in 1848 and the start of the "Second Republic".  [The new government was short lived.  Its leader, Louis Napoleon (the nephew of the famous Napoleon Bonaparte), staged a coup in late 1851, converting the "Second Republic" into the "Second Empire" with Louis Napoleon becoming Napoleon III.]  Not surprisingly, these events served to augment the tide of emigration.  Between 1820 and 1839, about 8,200 French arrived in Louisiana.  But between 1840 and 1848, a period less than half as long, the arrivals increased to over 11,500.  Many of these remained in New Orleans, some settled in other French influenced areas of Louisiana, and still others found their way to a variety of locations throughout the United States.
    The bulk of this book (from page 1 through 351) is an alphabetical list of the arrivals.  For each, the following information is given:  age, gender, occupation, nativity, name of ship, port of departure, arrival date, and destination.  (See photo #5 for a photo of the format.)  At the end of the book are appendices designated by capital letters.  They are labeled as follows:
    Appendix A:  French Immigration, Port of New Orleans, 1840 - 1848
    Appendix B:  Occupational Skills of French Immigrants Arriving at New Orleans, 1840 - 1848
    Appendix C:  Points of Departure for French Immigrants Arriving at New Orleans 1840 - 1848
    Appendix D:  Destinations of French Immigrants, 1840 - 1848
    Appendix E:  Enumberated (sic) Birthplaces or Former Residence of French Immigrants, Port of New Orleans, 1840 - 1848
    The author acknowledges that some passenger manifests are lost ("no longer extant").  There are several gaps in the data where no records are available.  Some of these gaps are relatively short (e.g. from mid-September, 1840 to mid-December, 1840).  Others are longer (e.g. from January, 1844 to late October, 1844).  Even with these gaps, this volume should be a great asset to anyone whose genealogical interests involve Louisiana, its French heritage, and immigration to the United States in general.
    Please see above for complete description of condition and photos.    Sold as is.
    Attention US Buyers:  I will ship by USPS Media Mail or by USPS Priority Mail, your choice.  Please note that if you have a Military Mail address (e.g. APO), I must ask that you choose USPS Priority Mail as it is my understanding that USPS Media Mail is unreliable to Military Mail addresses.
    Attention International Buyers:  Unfortunately, it appears that international shipping from the US (via the USPS) has become unreliable, because of the pandemic.  Therefore, I have decided to remove the international shipping option.  You are still welcome to bid on this item, but will need to supply a shipping address in the US.  I'm sorry for the inconvenience.  Thank you for your understanding.