...However, the city was the capital of the new state of Louisiana from 1812 to 1849 (except for 1830), and flourished as a commercial city thanks to the production of rice, sugar, cotton, and other products, and the development of transportation by steamships. Americans also moved into the city, and free blacks from the West Indies immigrated there, making it the second largest port city in the United States. It also became the largest slave market in the United States, and was called the "Queen City of the South." When the Civil War broke out in 1861, Louisiana seceded from the United States and became an independent republic, and six weeks later joined the Confederate States of America. ... *Some of the terminology referenced in the "Queen City of the South" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…しかし同市は,12年から49年まで(1830年を除いて)新しいルイジアナ州の州都となり,米,砂糖,綿花などの生産や蒸気船による交通の発達などを背景にして,商業都市として繁栄の一途をたどり,アメリカ人も進出し,西インド諸島からは〈自由黒人〉も移住してきて,アメリカ第2の港市となった。アメリカ最大の黒人奴隷市場にもなったが,〈南部の女王都市Queen City of the South〉などと呼ばれた。 61年,南北戦争が勃発すると,ルイジアナ州は合衆国から分離して独立共和国となり,6週間後にアメリカ南部連合に入った。… ※「Queen City of the South」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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