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Independence Lost

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Independence Lost
  • Williams Research Center
    410 Chartres Street
    New Orleans, Louisiana 70130
  • 6:00-7:15 PM

HNOC welcomes Pulitzer Prize-winning author Kathleen DuVal for a fascinating talk exploring the impact of the American Revolution on Louisiana and the Gulf South region. While the thirteen colonies fought with the British over taxes and parliamentary representation, Spanish forces clashed with Britain’s strained army to carve up the Gulf Coast across modern day Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana.