HISTORIC TREME 

2hr. Walking Tour

$35.00

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Start Location: Armstrong Park

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In the years following the close of the Haitian Revolution, 10,000 refugees would migrate to New Orleans. Come & Explore the history, the people, the culture, and architecture of the oldest African American neighborhood in the United States. 

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This is where the Gens de Couleur Libre (the Free People of Color) would settle along with a significant population of European immigrants. Within the boundaries of this neighborhood, this group of people would ultimately contribute to every aspect of the history, culture, and traditions of what New Orleans holds precious to this day.

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OVERVIEW

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In 1807, Claude Treme would begin to sell portions of his plantation. It would become known as the Faubourg Treme. By 1809, 10,000 refugees from the Haitian Revolution who were kicked out of Cuba would arrive in New Orleans and many would eventually call the Faubourg Treme home. These were the Gen du Coluer Libre who contributed to every aspect of civic, professional, legal, medical, artistic, and cultural life in New Orleans. 

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Come and re-discover the history of the oldest African American neighborhood in the United States and learn the true stories of the FPC who helped redefine the historical narratives of both the free and the enslaved populations from the dawn of the Louisiana Colony through Reconstruction, Jim Crow, the Birth of Jazz and beyond. 

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HIGHLIGHTS

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• Discover the logistics of New Orleans, a city built on the edge of a river in the middle of a swamp.

• Learn about the history, the people, and the architecture built during the antebellum period of New Orleans.

• Traverse through the Historic Faubourg Treme and bear witness to the homes built by the Free People of Color

• Learn about the history of the Black Creoles who redefined their cultural identity from the inception of the Louisiana Colony to Plessy vs Ferguson and beyond. 

• Learn how the laws that originally ruled the colony (and later state) would help contribute to how the enslaved actually purchased their freedom in the historic Congo Square. 

• Visit historic sites i.e.:

• St. Augustine Catholic Church-the oldest black Catholic Church in continuous operation in the United States,The

• Mieuller-Goldwaite House-the oldest surviving Creole master house in the historic Faubourg Treme circa 1829home of the African American Museum of Arts

• La Petite Jazz Museum

• BackStreeet Cultural Museum

• Your guide will escort you on a short walking excursion from the historic Armstrong Park through the historic Faubourg Treme ending back at Armstrong Park.

 

Included 

• Highly trained and skilled Local English-speaking guide

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Excluded

• Drinks

• Food

• Entrance Fee into: Backstreet Cultural Museum, African American Museum, La Petite Jazz Museum

• Tips/gratuities for your guide