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Life in Early New Orleans

Life in Early 1800s New Orleans: Disease, Dirt & Pirates

New Orleans today is celebrated for its music, food, and vibrant streets—but life in early 1800s New Orleans was anything but glamorous. This was a city shaped by mud, disease, faith, crime, and opportunity. It was loud, dangerous, deeply multicultural, and constantly on the edge of collapse or greatness. To understand New Orleans,…