Court records 843 Plantations 301 Slave trade 278 Slavery 243 Enslaved persons 242 Plantation owners 202 History 163 Enslaved women 158 Cotton trade 136 Debt 133 Death 127 Social conditions 125 Wills 124 Agriculture 122 Emancipation 101 Cajun music 96 Health 92 Enslaved children 87 Inheritance and succession 87 Hurricane Katrina, 2005 85 Families 81 Crime 80 Popular music 80 General 77 Law 77 African Americans 68 Land use 64 Fugitive slaves 62 Money 61 Prices 60 Zydeco music 58 Freed persons 57 Trials (Murder) 56 HISTORY 55 Politics and government 55 Race relations 55 Sugar trade 55 Social aspects 53 Freemen 51 Social life and customs 49 State & Local 47 SOCIAL SCIENCE 45 Slaveholders 43 Right of property 42 Law and legislation 39 Legal status, laws, etc 39 Mortgages 39 Blues (Music) 33 Jazz 32 Disaster relief 31 Punishment 31 Field crops 30 Jury 30 Physicians 30 Plantation overseers 30 Marriage 28 Sheriffs 28 Songs, Cajun French 28 Trials (Assault and battery) 28 Description and travel 27 History and criticism 27 Folk music 26 Wages 26 Prisons 25 Rhythm and blues music 25 Folk songs, Cajun French 24 Racially mixed people 24 Steamboats 22 Alcohol 21 Disaster victims 21 Manners and customs 21 Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 21 Slave records 21 Art 20 Carnival 20 Finance 20 World War, 1939-1945 20 Civil rights 19 Emergency management 19 Violence 18 Indians of North America 17 Slave traders 17 Creoles 16 Environmental aspects 16 Management 16 Adultery 15 Economic conditions 15 POLITICAL SCIENCE 15 Trials (Fraud) 15 Capital punishment 14 Cruelty 14 Government policy 14 Music 14 Travel 14 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS 13 Hurricanes 13 Plantation life 13 Racism 13 Women 13 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY 12