Jul 13, 2018
John Magill is Curator and Historian
at The Historic New Orleans Collection. This podcast is the fourth
in a series of six podcasts that highlight New Orleans'
history.
In this podcast, John describes how the New Orleans economy
developed and changed in the period between the 1803 Louisiana
Purchase and the Civil War years, 1861 to 1865. John explains why
banking in New Orleans was so successful during the 1820s, details
the years leading up to the crash of 1837, and explains what caused
that crash.