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That Was Then (Memories of Cane River) St. Francisville “James Nolan is New Orleans’That Was Then: Memories of Cane River by Joseph Moran Cane Riveralso known as Isle Brevelleis reputedly the oldest American settlement founded by and for people of color. Its origins date back to the late eighteenth century when Claude Thomas Pierre Metoyer, a French merchant, and his wife Marie Thrse Coin Coin, an enslaved African, established it as a sanctuary for their family. Over two centuries and several generations later, Cane River, Louisiana,