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The Cajuns, also known as Louisiana Acadians, are an American ethnic group mainly found in the US state of Louisiana and the surrounding Gulf Coast states.
Cajun French is spoken in Louisiana.
Cajun dancers in traditional clothing, 1940; colorized in 2022.
2009 artist's rendition of Acadian militia captain Joseph "Beausoleil" Broussard (1702–1765).
1923 illustration of the 1755 deportation of the Acadians.
Acadia
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Acadia was a colony of New France in northeastern North America which included parts of what are now the Maritime provinces, the Gaspé Peninsula and Maine to the Kennebec River. Settlers primarily cam
Cajuns
…American ethnic group mainly found in the US state of Louisiana and the surrounding Gulf Coast states. Historically, Cajuns are the descendants of the Acadian exiles who went to Louisiana (especially to Acadiana) in the decades after le grand dérangement. Cajuns make up a significant portion of South Louisiana's…
Siege of Saint John (1645) – d'Aulnay defeats La Tour in Acadia
Duc d'Anville Expedition: Action between HMS Nottingham and the Mars
Acadians at Annapolis Royal, by Samuel Scott, 1751; earliest known image of Acadians
St. John River Campaign: A View of the Plundering and Burning of the City of Grimross (present-day Arcadia, New Brunswick) by Thomas Davies in 1758. This is the only contemporaneous image of the Expulsion of the Acadians.