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The politics of freedom: St. Mary played a role in an emancipation experiment

Summary by St. Mary Now
Used with permission from Acadiana Historical This artwork depicts the Civil War Battle of Fort Bisland in St. Mary Parish in 1863. Despite Confederate resistance here, St. Mary was deemed to be under Union control by spring 1862. And that changed the way emancipation played out in the parish. The Review/Bill Decker This marker explains that Morgan City's Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church was founded in 1865 for newly emancipated people. When the co…
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St. Mary Now broke the news in on Friday, February 14, 2025.
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