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03503aam a2200529 i 4500 001 77651F2CBD4A11ECA1F392A036ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220416010005 008 211202s2022 nyu b 001 0deng 010 $a 2021057367 020 $a 1541600584 020 $a 9781541600584 035 $a (OCoLC)1262964906 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d TOH $d OCLCO $d GK8 $d OCLCO $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-fr--- $a e-fr--- 082 00 $a 976/.02 $2 23/eng/20211202 100 1 $a DeJean, Joan E., $e author. 245 10 $a Mutinous women : $b how French convicts became founding mothers of the Gulf Coast / $c Joan DeJean. 246 30 $a How French convicts became founding mothers of the Gulf Coast 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Basic Books, $c 2022. 300 $a ix, 437 pages : $b black and white illustrations ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "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, Title TK introduces us to the Gulf's Founding Mothers-the "mutinous women" of La Mutine"-- $c Provided by publisher. 651 0 $a Gulf States $x History $y To 1803. 650 0 $a Frontier and pioneer life $z Gulf States. 651 0 $a France $x Colonies $z America $v Biography. 650 0 $a French $z Gulf States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Women prisoners $z France $x History $y 18th century. 650 0 $a Female offenders $z France $x History $y 18th century. 650 0 $a Convict ships $z France $x History $y 18th century. 610 20 $a Mutine (Frigate) $x History. 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 941 $a 10 952 $l ALPE516 $d 20240417015958.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20240405024552.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117025416.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010033009.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20230708011610.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20230425010526.0 952 $l VXPE964 $d 20221202021230.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20220706023119.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20220630010324.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20220416010059.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=77651F2CBD4A11ECA1F392A036ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search