Swamp Fox: The Life and Campaigns of General Francis Marion Francis Marion was born in the winter of 1732 (his exact birth date is unknown) at Goatfield Plantation in St. John’s Parish‚ Berkeley County‚ South Carolina. His parents‚ Gabriel and Esther Marion‚ were of French Huguenot descent. The Huguenots were French Protestants who had suffered persecution for their beliefs during the reign of Louis XIV. Following the 1685 revocation of the Edict of Nantes‚ which forbade the practice of
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raised by the proposal for Sweedens Swamp Executive Summary Sweedens Swamp is a functioning red maple swamp which provides wildlife habitat for a variety of birds‚ mammals‚ and amphibians‚ and provides flood storage capacity‚ groundwater discharge and water purification. Pyramid ’s proposed shopping mall will result in the destruction of approximately 45 out of 49 acres of this wetland. Thirty two acres would be permanently destroyed. Filling Sweedens Swamp would be the largest authorized wetland
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such as plantation or farms. Depending on their master’s ownership‚ the slaves might work along with their master calling it as task labor or largely with other slaves often watched by an overseer refer to as gang labor (Foner 416-417). Southern Louisiana cultivate largely of sugar field‚ gang laborers are always on their feet monitoring the field before it starts to rotten; abuse from an overseer if they’re not working harder enough. Though both labors are extremely exhausting jobs‚ but the task
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Texas vs. Louisiana Cheri Lane Globe University Living in Texas vs. Louisiana Texas is the second most populous and the second-largest of the 50 states in the United States of America‚ and the largest state in the 48 contiguous United States (Wikipedia‚ Texas‚ 2013). Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America and is the 31st most extensive and the 25th most populous of the 50 United States ((Wikipedia‚ Louisiana‚ 2013). Texas and Louisiana are two different
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Creative Story: The Chronic Swamp Murders One day while Joe and Jill Hemp were walking through Chronic swamp they came across a trail of blood in the water. They followed the trail until it stopped at a dead body. The body was of a man who was wearing a camouflage outfit. They immediately ran back to their house‚ which was not far from the murder site and called the police. Their house was located right on the edge of the swamp. When the police got there they roped off the whole area so they
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The Louisiana Purchase is the doing of Thomas Jefferson acquiring the territory of Louisiana from France in 1803 for about $15‚000‚000 which is approximately $236 million ("Louisiana Purchase‚ 1803"). The payment for the land was given with two million dollars up front‚ eleven million dollars over the course of a twenty year loan‚ and a French debt of almost four million dollars was forgiven by the United States ("How the Louisiana Purchase"). Originally the only interest of the purchase was the
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| Louisiana Wet Land Loss [pic] The coastal land loss for Louisiana has become a growing concern for the people of Southeast Louisiana over the last decade. “Coastal Louisiana wetlands make up the seventh largest delta on Earth‚ contain about 37 percent of the herbaceous marshes in the United States‚ and support the largest fishery supply in the bottom 48 states”(Couvillion 2011). “Louisiana is home to two million people and it
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Budget Crisis in Louisiana Ejoshua McDonald CJA/454 May 07‚ 2013 Monica Wells Budget Crisis in Louisiana The legislatures of Louisiana are in session at the present moment attempting to find answers for the state’s budget crisis. Like other states‚ the budget of Louisiana has been in shambles for years‚ as legislatures try to find solutions suitable for all citizens. The topic of discussion stem from Gov. Bobby Jindal’s tax swap plan‚ House Speaker Chuck Kleckley’s backing
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Extensive research of Louisiana State University will show that this college is among the top respected sites for furthering education in this country. Louisiana State University is an excellent choice for future education because it is far from home‚ it offers excellent education in the psychology and sociology majors‚ and the campus seems fitting‚ despite the overwhelming cost to attend. Louisiana State University offers a multitude of programs; the majority of which are well
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Every school child learns at an early age of the Louisiana Purchase. They learn simply of Thomas Jeffersons great real estate deal that more than doubled the size of the young United States. What they do not learn‚ however‚ is of the intense debate in congress‚ which nearly put the brakes on Jeffersons plan; or of the underhanded financial deals the Jefferson made while congress bickered in order to come up with the funding for the purchase; or of the decisions Jefferson made that seemingly compromised
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