Moore, Thomas Overton, 1804-1876
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Moore, Thomas Overton, 1804-1876
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Moore, Thomas Overton, 1804-1876
Moore, Thomas Overton
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Moore, Thomas Overton, 1805-1876.
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Thomas O. Moore, a sugar planter of Rapides Parish, Louisiana, owned Emfield, Lodi, and Mooreland Plantations. He was a member of the Police Jury of Rapides Parish, a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, and a State Senator. He served as governor of Louisiana (1860-1864) and called the Secession Convention in 1861. Moore fled Louisiana after the Civil War, was pardoned by President Andrew Johnson in 1867, and returned to Louisiana to resume his activities as a sugar planter in Rapides Parish.
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https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n93014550
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Slavery
Cotton growing
Cotton trade
Freedmen
Molasses
Plantations
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Sugar growing
Sugar trade
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Louisiana--New Orleans
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Emfield Plantation (La.)
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Louisiana
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Lodi Plantation (La.)
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Rapides Parish (La.)
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Louisiana
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United States
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Mooreland Plantation (La.)
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Baton Rouge (La.)
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