tigahbruh

[quote]map seems to include parts of Louisiana (meaning the greater Mississippi Basin) that the Brits never claimed[/quote]West Florida was British controlled for a time. So Baton Rouge, St Francisville, and the areas that would become Bogalusa, Hammond, Franklinton, Ponchatoula, Covington, Madisonv...

[quote]They didn't stop slavery, they stopped the trans-Atlantic slave trade[/quote] They did much more than that. They stopped it in most of Africa and used economic and military pressure to end it in the Islamic world. ...

The British Empire was both a generator of the Enlightenment as much as a purveyor of it. The world is a vastly better place as a result of the Pax Britania. For one thing, slavery would likely still be widespread globally without it. The British Empire is the number one force for abolition in a...

Age of Jackson. 1815-1845. The epitome of badass, no apologies, American sumbitches. Forging and taming a nation that was won by the previous generation....

Hey look! I just a spotted self indulgent virtue signal in the wild! So brave! ...

Defeated both. Red sticks just prior to the battle of New Orleans. Seminoles during the 1st Seminole War 1819 or so. Seminoles needed 2 more wars, so I guess he did a better job with the red stick creeks....

It was a good idea to reduce the funding for that entirely useless department. He should stand by his vote....

[quote]most definitely been fierce and capable females who have waged war over the centuries. [/quote] Yes, but even in fierce, martial societies, such as vikings or celts,women warriors were few and far between. In our society, even a lot of males are too soft for combat. Given the huge, bur...

I think he was at Livingston. They cover that at the museum in the former Camp Beauregard (Now designated Training Center Pineville)....

You try too hard....