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The Battle of Algiers, New Orleans

Community, Activist Unite To Save Neighborhood

By Michael Steinberg

The Algiers district of New Orleans lies across the Mississippi River from the rest of the city. Pre-Katrina, a downtown ferry dressed up to look like an old time steamboat glided back and forth across the water frequently.

Upon entering the ferry building in Algiers Point, a sign announced that this was the initial landing and holding area for slaves shipped across the Atlantic from Africa, and for Cajuns exiled from French Canada.