Media Summary: Patrice Melnick talks about the Free People of Color in St. Landry Parish exhibit. Known for being a safe haven fro enslaved African Americans (and later, for having the largest population of free people of color), ... On Tuesday, April 26, stop by to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the
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Patrice Melnick talks about the Free People of Color in St. Landry Parish exhibit. Known for being a safe haven fro enslaved African Americans (and later, for having the largest population of free people of color), ... On Tuesday, April 26, stop by to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Alabama State University hosted an open house for the Montgomery Built by the Sandoz family, this building was a former library, a church and a funeral home. In September 1992, it became the ... Dave McNamara takes us on a tour of the State Exhibit
After the Civil War, freedom was supposed to mean protection — but in St. Landry Parish had the second largest population of Free People of Color in Louisiana, outside of New Orleans.
