Cypress logging raft on the Teche, ca. 1910 (postcard). Bayou Teche Dispatches is a collection of my writings about south Louis...

I have been asked a number of times “When did slavery in Louisiana end?” * The short answer is that slavery in Louisiana ended between the e...

"I Will Not Speak French on the School Grounds," from an exhibit at the Vermilionville living history museum, Lafayette, La. From ...