Attakapas County, Orleans Territory

[6] In the 1760s and 1780s, following British victory over France in the Seven Years War, it took over French territory in North America east of the Mississippi River.

They expelled most Acadians from their homes in Nova Scotia; some were resettled among various French and (other) British domains: the thirteen British Atlantic coast colonies, England, France, Saint-Domingue, Cayenne (French Guiana), and the Falkland Islands.

In 1765 Joseph Broussard, also known as Beausoleil, led approximately 193 Acadians who had been involved in guerilla warfare against the British in Canada to settle in the Attakapas District.

These settlers became the nexus for future waves of Acadian immigration, when their dispersed relatives could gather sufficient funds and permissions from the various national entities under whose control they found themselves.

The Attakapas District census of 1803 listed "2,270 whites, 210 free people of color, 1,266 slaves; in all 3,746 souls.