The first African slaves in Louisiana were half a dozen lost souls captured as plunder by the French army in the Spanish War of Succession, 1710. The years 1717-1721 saw the first importation of African slaves to Louisiana, when eight boatloads brought some 2,000 Africans to the colony.
Some WW2 legacies still impact our lives today. For example, the Japanese government continues to face criticism for its handling of the atrocities committed by the war time regime, while Nazi hunters continue to track down war criminals who were never brought to justice.
This is the day when Fascism finally dies, as we always knew it would.â Jubilant Americans declared August 14 âVictoryover Japan Day,â or âV-J Day.â (May 8, 1945âwhen the Allies accepted Nazi Germanyâs official surrenderâhad previously been dubbed âVictory in Europe Day,â or âV-E Day.â).