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https://64parishes.org/entry/free-people-of-color
https://www.authpro.com/auth/clairmontprsLAMSH/

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The large numbers of German and Irish who came to Louisiana upset social conventions. The Germans rankled many Protestants with their distinctive culture of socializing at beer gardens with their families after Sunday worship. The Irish tended to arrive if not penniless since most were fleeing a devastating potato famine. If they arrived in the US, they were willing to take the worst jobs imaginable. Slave owners sometimes hired Irish laborers to clear land or do projects they considered dangerous for their own slaves. By the late nineteenth century, the Irish had fully assimilated in to the state's cultural fabric, particularly in and around New Orleans.

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Those who supported Andrew Jackson became known as the Jacksonian Democrats or Democratic Republicans. Overtime, they came to be known simply by Democrats. Members of this party typically favored small governments and programs designed to support common people and their interest. They also favored universal manhood suffrage. Next, there were the Whigs and they favored business and banks over the rights of the common man. They also sought government support for the development of the infrastructure, which they referred to as internal improvements. Sugar planters were drawn to the Whigs because of its support of a sugar tariff. Sugar planters also liked a tax on the imported sugar. Tensions over sectional politics and the expansion of slavery into new territories split the party into northern and southern factions. Finally, the Americans, known as the "Know Nothings," emerged as a party hostile to new immigrants. They believed that whoever was in the US for a generation or longer should have a greater say in politics than newly arrived immigrants. They were anti-Catholic and they believed that the Democrats exploited immigrants in order to expand their voting base. When asked about the about the party and its priorities, they would respond, "I Know Nothing."

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In 1811, Robert Fulton and Robert Livingston built the first ever steamboat. If you wanted to ride a steamboat, then you would would have to pay toll. In 1831, a six mile railroad track was made between Lake Pontchartrain and New Orleans. There were many glitches with the railroads though. Trains often derailed, and passengers were often forced to get off and help return the train to the tracks. Most of the progress that had been made was lost in the Civil War when Union and Confederate forces fought over access to railroad routes.

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Most of the plantation homes varied in architectural style, but many of them were two stories with columns. These columns sometimes went along the the front or all around the house to support the veranda. The master's home was sometimes called the big house. It usually sat close to the front of the plantation, often facing the nearest road or river. The kitchen buildings were almost always separated from the houses in this era because of the great risk of a fire.

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Work routines for plantation slaves varied considerably based on the kind of cash crop they produced. If a slave was in a large holding, individuals tended to work in a more specialized fashion. On a large plantation, the slaves might be assigned very specific work, like a blacksmith or a horse trainer. In a smaller holding, individuals were expected to perform a number of different jobs depending the needs of their owners at various points of the year. In very small holdings, farm families sometimes labored alongside their slaves. Other slaves were assigned to perform domestic tasks like cooking, cleaning, or taking care of large plantation homes and the master's family.

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1820-1860: The Antebellum Period
1829-1837: Andrew Jackson was president
1830: The legislature passed an act that required free people of color who had come to Louisiana after 1825 to either leave or be imprisoned
Mid-1830s: The Whig party was formed
1831-1835 and 1839-1843: Creole Andre Bienvenu Roman was governor for two terms
1840: Population of free people of color became 25,000
1845: The Constitution of 1845
1847: Baton Rouge was selected as the new capital
1859: The legislature passed another law ordering free people of color to pick a master and become a slave for life
1852: Adopted a new Constitution
1853: The worst antebellum outbreak
1840-1860: Cotton production more than doubled in Louisiana