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  1. The Thirteen Sisters of Julia Street
    date 1833map ORLEANS, Louisianatags Town Home, gentrification, Urban-Life/Boosterism, Architecture, Arts/Leisure

    The thirteen sisters of Julia Street started a new trend. These "sisters" were a row of thirteen side-hall style town houses that spanned the 600 block of Julia Street in New Orleans. Upon their construction by the New Orleans Building Company in 1833, they were among first rows constructed in the side-hall, or London-plan, manner most commonly seen in Philadelphia and Baltimore. The exteriors...

  2. William Wilberforce's Acts of Abolition
    date January, 1833 to December, 1833map PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvaniatags Abolition, Slavery

    William Wilberforce was only one among many men who south to abolish the transatlantic slave trade throughout his lifetime. He was a British politician who began his political career by becoming an independent member of Parliament for Yorkshire, where he learned how to debate and express ideas. During his time there, he also became an evangelistic Christian. He grew eager to...

  3. Cholera Epidemic Along Red River
    date July 25, 1833map NATCHITOCHES, Louisianatags African-Americans, Agriculture, Health/Death, Economy, Slavery

    Massive numbers of people were dying in the summer of 1833, but luckily, Edward George Washington Butler assured his father-in-law in Virginia, he and his family of Iberville, Louisiana were so far unaffected. Cholera was sweeping through the state. Outbreaks in the East had already occurred on the St. Lawrence River, in New York City, and Philadelphia in 1832, reaching New Orleans a year later,...