NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA–Despite its moniker of being the French Quarter, much of the iconic ironwork and design is of Spanish influence. Jackson Square was once the Plaza De Armes. The Cabildo ...

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Flanking Jackson Square in the heart of the French Quarter, the Cabildo was originally constructed in 1799 (when New Orleans was under Spanish rule), as the seat of the Spanish government.

In New Orleans, the Spanish Cabildo had decided on a different type of allowance for the African enslaved called coartación. “For the process of coartación, the enslaved had to raise the funds ...