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To carry this a step farther, the Marquis de Vaudreuil, Governor Bienville’s successor in 1743, attempted to transform New Orleans into an overseas Versailles.
Along with his younger brother, Jean-Baptiste, Sieur de Bienville, he established several tentative settlements along the Mississippi.
In 1718 Bienville marked the spot for New Orleans.
In 1724, the Bienville enacted the Code Noir (Black Code), which regulated the conditions of slavery and the rights of free blacks.
The brothers are remembered today as the true founders of both the state and the city — Bienville later served as the first governor of Louisiana.