The Bozant Family: Saint-Domingue to New Orleans

The island of Saint-Domingue in the sunlit Caribbean erupts into chaos. A slave revolt forces thousands of French colonists, free people of color, and their slaves to take to sea in crowded sailing vessels enduring starvation and disease in an attempt to escape economic upheaval and burning plantations. The Creole City experiences an influx of French refugees forever altering the cultural landscape of New Orleans. Among the Creole immigrants are members of the Bozant family. Having lost everything in Saint-Domingue, Jean Bozant and his siblings attempt to rebuild their lives. They eventually find a place for themselves with the help of the welcoming Creoles of New Orleans. Mayor James Mather said, "... they appear to be active, industrious people. They evince ... on every occasion their respect for our laws and their confidence in our government." By 1815, they gained enough confidence with the military to form their own battalion in the Battle of New Orleans.Welcome to the saga of the The Bozant Family: Saint-Domingue to New Orleans. The Haitian Revolution, Exile from Cuba, Saint-Domingue Refugees, The Battle of New Orleans, St. Louis Hotel and Slave Exchange, Cholera Epidemic, The Battalion d'Orleans, Baptized by Pere Antoine, The Correjolles Family, The Mexican War, Creoles and Placage, The Company of Carabiniers, The Baratarians, Andrew Jackson, Sibling Lawsuits, The Civil War, Crescent Regiment, Gottschalk, Neighborhood Conflagrations, Gens de Couleur Libres, Slavery, Barrels of Sour Pork, Confederate Soldiers, Treme, Union Prisoner at Point Lookout, Military Parade, Marye's Heights, Captured at Fredericksburg, Battalion Washington Artillery, Col. J. B. Walton, Louisiana Legion Funeral Honors, Unmarked Tombs, The Siege of Petersburg, Suicide in the New Basin Canal, Tax Issues and Property Seizures, Reconstruction and the White League, Train Accident at the Rigolets, Charged with Perjury, Dismounted Dragoons, Battle of Liberty Place, Succession and Opposition, New Orleans Street Battles, Francis T. Nicholls, Coup d'État in the French Quarter, The Cult of the Lost Cause, Election Fraud ... and let's not forget... the early days of baseball in New Orleans