French Acadians. and Free Blacks and thrived as an agricultural center whose produce fed the city of New Orleans. In 1720. 21 German families from the Rhine region of Germany settled on the west bank of the Mississippi River. These families had suffered horribly during the Thirty Years War and fled by the thousands to the New World. These original German settlers were given small plots of land by Mr. Laws Company of the Indies. By 1721. 330 German immigrants. also with the Company of the Indies. arrived in Louisiana. A year later. Germans from John Laws Arkansas Concession arrived in New Orleans demanding passage to Europe.
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