The Women Who Were Forced to Marry Prisoners in Louisiana

This video was made possible thanks to everyone on the Simple History Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simplehistory Marketed in Paris as a “New Eden,” French Louisiana was anything but paradise — swamps, disease, and a struggling settlement of only hundreds. John Law’s Mississippi stock bubble turned the colony into Europe’s hottest investment, leading France to forcibly deport and mass-marry settlers when no one volunteered. New Orleans survived not by promises, but by the resilience of the forgotten. Check out our other Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPdc6bs3I8s6Y4QE_3g3MZw Discord server: https://discord.gg/JZsPQXHeYC Become a Simple History member: https://www.youtube.com/simplehistory/join Copyright: DO NOT translate and re-upload our content on Youtube or other social media. SIMPLE HISTORY MERCHANDISE Get the Simple History books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Daniel-Turner-%60/e/B00H5TYLAE/ T-Shirts https://teespring.com/stores/simple-history-official-merch Simple history gives you the facts, simple! See the book collection here: Amazon USA http://www.amazon.com/Daniel-Turner/e/B00H5TYLAE/ Amazon UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/Daniel-Turner/e/B00H5TYLAE/ https://www.facebook.com/Simple-History-549437675141192/ https://twitter.com/SimpleHistoryYT Credit: Simple History Creator: Daniel Turner (B.A. (Hons) in History, University College London) Video Directors: Lav Velimirovic, Ognjen Jovic Script Review: Peter Turner Script Writer: Robert De Graaf Narrator: Chris Kane Artists: Fiona Phan, Selma Belegic, ShyShelly Animators: Nancy Bhalla, Krishna, Guillermo G. Caasi. Jr, Kuldip Bheda, Krunal Editor: Artem Dobrohodov, James Dowse Thumbnails: Fiona Phan, ShyShelly Brand Partnerships: Justin St-Laurent Senior Production Manager: Umar Ijaz Simple History Channel Manager: James Dowse