Atlantic Loyalties: Americans in Spanish West Florida, 1785-1810

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SHORT NORMAL LONG 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 [First [223], Lines: —— 0.0pt ——— Norma PgEnd [223], index Anglo-Americans, 1; defined, 177n1; and dissatisfaction with Spanish government, 2 Atlantic world, 2, 7 Baton Rouge, 1, 2, 4, 6, 61, 90; and economy, 27–28, 31–32, 48–50; and trade, 53 Bayou Sara, 17, 88–89, 93, 170; as center of discontent, 88, 145, 159, 162, 163–64, 167 Bienville, Jean Baptiste, 29–30, 41, 44, 77–78 Black Legend, 2–4 Borderlands, surrounded, 2; as a problem, 5, 74–75, 129–30, 137–38 Bowles, William Augustus, 80–82, 94 Burr, Aaron, 69, 77, 91, 97–99, 158 Casa Calvo, Marquis de, 62, 63, 64–65, 70, 71, 72–73, 87, 93, 95–96 Catholicism, 11, 19, 41–42; influence of, on slavery, 36, 41–42 Census: 1726 (Louisiana), 12; 1785 (Baton Rouge), 17; 1795 (Bayou Sara), 28–29; 1803 (Baton Rouge), 54–55 Choctaws, 13–14, 71–72, 81, 134, 179n14 Claiborne, William C. C., 62–65 passim, 66–67, 72–73, 74, 170; and Kemper raids, 83, 86, 91, 92, 94–96; and Louisiana Purchase, 59–60; and national loyalty, 69–71 Clark, Daniel: and exploration, 27; and Kemper raids and rebellion, 83, 91, 94, 98; and land, 20, 65–66; and Louisiana Purchase, 58–59, 60; and national loyalty, 64, 67–68 Coartación (self-purchase), 37–38, 39 Code Noir, 36, 73 Creeks, 81 Crime, 203–4n16, 206n59; evasion of prosecution for, 139–42, 206n54; and filibustering, 77, 80, 93; meaning of, for West Florida, 129–36; murder, 14, 140–41, 205–6n51; and piracy, 99; and slavery; 44–45; theft, 18, 80 Cuba, 62, 81, 82, 154, 157, 163; and administration, 42; strategic value of, 15; trade with, 27, 32–33, 52–53, 56 Decoux, Marie, 21, 37, 45, 103 Derecho indiano, 36, 42 Derecho vulgar, 38 Deserters, U.S. Army, 128, 129, 131, 133, 134, 136–39, 205n42 Dunbar, William, 26, 67, 77–80, 83, 193n11; and exploration of frontier, 26–27, 61–62; farming practices of, 30–31; as slave owner, 27–28, 38–39 Economy: and indigo, 30–31; and slavery, 48–50; in United States, 43–44; of West Florida, 27–28, 29, 31–32, 55, 137, 151–53. See also Embargo; Land; Slavery; Trade Embargo, 7; Act of 1807, 151–53 Feliciana district, 17, 59, 61, 76, 82, 86, 88, 90, 127; as center of discontent, 18, 128, 163–64 Filibustering, 7, 77, 78–80, 84–97, 99, 123. See also Burr, Aaron; Kemper brothers Folch, Juan Vicente, 60, 70, 89–90, 91, 93, 143, 154, 161, 163 Fort San Carlos (Baton Rouge), 21, 23, 130, 161, 164–66 223 224 • Index SHORT NORMAL LONG 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 [224], Lines: —— 0.0pt ——— Norma PgEnd [224], France, and colonization of Louisiana, 12–15 Free people of color, 47, 70, 104, 137; Glascoe, 110, 120, 125; Susan, 105–8, 117, 200n10. See also Bienville, Jean Baptiste Gabriel’s Rebellion, 35, 47 Gálvez, Bernardo de, 16, 17 Genet, Edmond Charles, 68, 69, 153–54 Grand-Pré, Carlos de: background of, 22–23; and crime, 132, 134–35; death of, 155–56; family of, 23, 155–56, 165; and Kemper raids, 84–97; and slave crime, 105, 116–18, 119–22, 123, 124–25 Great Britain, national loyalty to, 6–7, 15–16 Haiti. See Saint Domingue Havana. See Cuba Holmes, David, 157–58, 161, 167–68 Immigration: by France, 12–15; by Great Britain, 6–7, 15–16; and Louisiana Purchase, 73–74; to West Florida, 11, 73–74, 83–84 Indigo: gathering of wild, 31; harvesting of, 30–31; as source of wealth, 30 Jackson, Andrew, 77, 99 Jefferson, Thomas: and embargo of 1807, 7, 152–53; and exploration, 80; and Kemper raids, 95, 97; and national loyalty, 67, 70; and ownership of West Florida, 55, 57, 58–59, 62, 63, 152 Kemper brothers, 1, 57, 76, 83, 99–101, 129, 135, 139; and filibustering, 77–78, 84–97, 123, 127, 142, 146; filibustering of, becomes...