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100 1  DeJean, Joan E.,|eauthor. 
245 10 Mutinous women :|bhow French convicts became founding 
       mothers of the Gulf Coast /|cJoan DeJean. 
246 30 How French convicts became founding mothers of the Gulf 
       Coast 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bBasic Books,|c2022. 
300    ix, 437 pages :|billustrations, maps ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-415) and 
       index. 
505 0  Preliminaries: a second coast, a second ship -- False 
       arrests and trumped-up charges -- John Law's Louisiana 
       gold rush -- "Merchandise" for Lousiana -- The roundup -- 
       Chains and shackles -- "The islands" of Louisiana -- The 
       desert islands of Alabama and Mississippi -- Biloxi's 
       deadly sands -- Putting down roots in Mobile -- Building a
       capital in New Orleans -- Women on the verge in 
       Natchitoches, Illinois, and Arkansas -- Louisiana's garden
       on the German coast -- Natchez, John Law's folly -- Pointe
       Coupée in the shadow of Natchez -- The end of the women's 
       era. 
520    "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, Mutinous Women introduces us to the
       Gulf's Founding Mothers -- the "mutinous women" of La 
       Mutine."--|cProvided by publisher. 
610 20 Mutine (Frigate)|xHistory. 
650  0 Frontier and pioneer life|zGulf States. 
650  0 French|zGulf States|vBiography. 
650  0 Women prisoners|zFrance|xHistory|y18th century. 
650  0 Female offenders|zFrance|xHistory|y18th century. 
650  0 Convict ships|zFrance|xHistory|y18th century. 
651  0 Gulf States|xHistory|yTo 1803. 
651  0 France|xColonies|zAmerica|vBiography. 
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