My Cajun Family History...
You geaux girl

My Maternal Cajun Heritage is interesting:
My families have been in Louisiana since 1765...The Savoy, The Dartez, The Dubois, The David...Pronounce 'my' cajun names like this:
"SAAH-VWAH", "DAR-TESS", "DOO-BWAH", "DAH-VEED"...the English abused the french acadians horribly then exiled them...families like my SAVOY blood line. They were in fact treated nearly as badly as the african slaves. They were treated horribly too in this country because of their french language, their french heritage and their catholic faith.

 Up until  Dec. 9, 2003 with official acknowledgement of their transgressions by the British government for the descendants of the Acadians in the form of an official proclamation issued under the auspices of Elizabeth II,  Acadians with familia links to the expulsed Acadians were still forbidden to set foot on Nova Scotian soil under penalty of hanging....hang people like me with SAVOIE/SAVOY bloodlines? Geez louise!  

My 18th century wine producing French family to the crown(DARTEZ family)history started with one 15 year old orphaned DARTEZ endentured male servant whom sailed from France to Louisiana.He prospered as an adult outside New Orleans and fought in the 1814 Battle of New Orleans under Andrew Jackson.If my research is correct, no DARTEZ (Dartes)remain in FRANCE.

Visit beautiful Avery Island...my true 'home'!
Avery Island is where TABASCO is made.
Oh, but I miss po-boys, crawfish, spanish moss, live zydeco, southern pecans,"fais-do-do", fresh Gulf oysters, okra gumbo, pralines & real New Orleans Mardi Gras.

Interesting antebellum tidbit about Louisiana: "Louisiana was a slave state. It did, however, have one of the largest free black populations in the United States. While one would think that this would lead to a dramatic reduction in the amount of slavery in the state, this is not the case. Many of the freed slaves in Louisiana in turn purchased their own slaves (a part of history that is sorely under taught in America) and lead to the state having one of the largest numbers of slave owning blacks in America, if not the largest."