Slavery in the colonial United States in the Caribbean: Guadeloupe and especially Saint-Domingue.) After the port of New Orleans was founded in 1718 with access to the Gulf Coast, French colonists imported more African slaves to the Illinois Country for use as agricultural or mining laborers. By the mid-eighteenth century, slaves accounted for as many as a third of the limited population in that rural area. Slavery was much more extensive in colonial Louisiana, where the French developed sugar cane plantations along the Mississippi river. Slavery was maintained during the French (1699 – 1763, and 1800 – 1803) and Spanish (1763 – 1800) periods of government.
France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 following Luxembourg and preceding Spain. At the close of voting "Autant d'amoureux que d'étoiles" had received 61 points (including a maximum 12 from the Netherlands), placing France 8th of the 19 entries. The French jury awarded its 12 points to Belgium. France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 France was represented by Annick Thoumazeau, with the song '"Autant d'amoureux que d'étoiles", at the 1984 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 5 May in Luxembourg City. The song was chosen through a national final organised by broadcaster Antenne 2. The national final was held on 25 March, hosted by Jean-Pierre