New Orleans, Louisiana, and Saint–Louis, Senegal – Mirror Cities in the Atlanti…

New Orleans, Louisiana, and Saint-Louis, SenegalMirror Cities in the Atlantic World, 1659-2000s\nAuthor(s): Emily Clark, Cecile Vidal, Ibrahima Thioub, Jessica Marie Johnson, Hilary Jones, Martin Klein, Larissa Kopytoff, Marieke Polfliet-Touati, Bruce Boyd Raeburn, Rebecca Scott\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Louisiana State University Press, United States\nImprint: Louisiana State University Press\nISBN-13: 9780807171110, 978-0807171110\nSynopsis\nThis book explores the intertwined histories of Saint-Louis, Senegal, and New Orleans, Louisiana. Although separated by an ocean, both cities were founded during the early French imperial expansion of the Atlantic world. Both became important port cities of their own continents, the Atlantic world as a whole, and the African diaspora. The slave trade not only played a crucial role in the demographic and economic growth of Saint-Louis and New Orleans, but also directly connected the two cities. The Company of the Indies ran the Senegambia sl.