Moore, Thomas Overton, 1804-1876
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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.
From the description of Thomas O. Moore papers, 1832-1877 (bulk 1856-1871). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86142715
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Subjects:
- Slavery
- Cotton growing
- Cotton trade
- Freedmen
- Molasses
- Plantations
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
- Sugar growing
- Sugar trade
Occupations:
- Commission merchants
- Governors
Places:
- Louisiana--New Orleans (as recorded)
- Emfield Plantation (La.) (as recorded)
- Louisiana (as recorded)
- Lodi Plantation (La.) (as recorded)
- Rapides Parish (La.) (as recorded)
- Louisiana (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
- Mooreland Plantation (La.) (as recorded)
- Baton Rouge (La.) (as recorded)
