Mutinous women : how French convicts became founding mothers of the Gulf Coast / Joan DeJean.
"On December 12, 1719, a ship named La Mutine, or the Mutinous Woman, sailed from the French port of Le Havre, bound for the vast North American territory then referred to as "the Mississippi." La Mutine was loaded with goods that the fledgling French colony urgently required for its survival, basic foodstuffs such as flour and lard. But its principal commodity was a new kind of French export: women. The women who arrived in the New World from that frigate would go on to found Gulf dynasties, but their beginnings were less auspicious. Falsely accused of sex crimes-some for reporting rape, others because their families were obscenely poor and it was financially expedient to imprison them-these women were prisoners, shackled in the ship's hold. Of the 98 women who were shipped to the colony, only 44 survived. Despite the bleakness of these women's origins, they achieved unlikely triumph across the Atlantic. They managed to carve out a place for themselves in the colonies that would have been impossible in France, making advantageous marriages and accumulating property. Many were instrumental in the building of New Orleans, founded only a year before their arrival, and in settling Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi. Today, hundreds of thousands of Americans can trace their lineage La Mutine. Drawing on an impressive range of sources to restore the voices of these women to the historical record, Title TK introduces us to the Gulf's Founding Mothers-the "mutinous women" of La Mutine"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781541600584
- ISBN: 1541600584
- Physical Description: ix, 437 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Basic Books, 2022.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-415) and index. |
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Subject: | Gulf States > History > To 1803. Frontier and pioneer life > Gulf States. France > Colonies > America > Biography. French > Gulf States > Biography. Women prisoners > France > History > 18th century. Female offenders > France > History > 18th century. Convict ships > France > History > 18th century. Mutine (Frigate) > History. |
Genre: | Biographies. |
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- 7 of 7 copies available at SPARK Libraries.
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Albright Memorial Library | 976.02 DEJEAN (Text) | 50686016164787 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Exeter Community Library | 976.02 DEJ (Text) | 33249025331590 | Non-fiction | Available | - |
Gettysburg Library | 976.02 DEJEAN (Text)
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Loris S. Catchings Named Endowment, 2022
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35740635843642 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
Mason-Dixon Public Library | Adults 976/.02 DEJ Nonfiction (Text) | 34262000775516 | Main Room | Available | - |
Tunkhannock Public Library | 976.02 DEJ (Text)
Donated:
Donated by Marian Stroka in memory of Joan Daniels
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31650000591888 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Tyrone-Snyder Public Library | 976.02 DeJe (Text)
Memorial:
In Memory of Mrs. Mabel Wilson. Presented by Sue O'Toole and Family
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1OTYR000520788 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Bethlehem Main Library | 976.02 (Text) | 33062009599672 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |