About a month
after the Civil War began, a slaveholding ancestor of current
U.S. Congressman French Hill seemed confident about the future.
“Lincoln can’t starve me out unless he takes my land.
Louisiana and other southern states are home to many former plantations. Some become plantation museums, while others are used as wedding venues and homes.
Louisiana is ranked last in performance in the United States, according to the U.S. News and World Report’s 2021 state rankings, which has placed Louisiana last four years in a