German Coast
The German Coast ( English for German coast ) was the Mississippi River region lying west of New Orleans . In French it is called Côte des Allemands .
This part of Louisiana got this name because of the many German-speaking pioneers who settled here since 1721. The majority of the settlers came from the Rhineland and Switzerland , but there were also numerous Alsatians and Lorrainers and some Flemings among them. Over time, the German-speaking population mixed with the Akadis , French-speaking emigrants from Canada, who were also resident there . This mixed population then became known as the Cajun .
It was here that the largest slave rebellion on American soil took place in January 1811, the slave revolt on the German Coast , which was brutally suppressed.
Today the term German Coast or Côte des Allemands is used very rarely, because during the First World War the German language and German terms were banned by law.
See also
literature
- Andreas Hübner: The Côte des Allemands. A history of migration in Louisiana in the 18th century (America: Culture - History - Politics) Bielefeld: Transcript, 2017. ISBN 978-3-8376-4006-9
- Henry E. Yoes, III: Louisiana's German Coast. A history of the St. Charles Parish. 2nd edition. Racing Pigeon Digest Pub. Co., Lake Charles LA 2005.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ James W. Loewen: Reads Across America. What Our History Sites Get Wrong. Simon & Schuster, New York NY 2007, ISBN 978-0-7432-9629-8 , p. 192.
Coordinates: 29 ° 55 ′ 44 ″ N , 90 ° 20 ′ 22 ″ W.