How Did Louisianans Travel During The Antebellum Period?

How Did Louisianans Travel During The Antebellum Period? Louisianans relied on water transportation, with plantation homes facing rivers and steamboats traveling up and down its waterways. The Red River, however, was only occasionally navigable upriver from Alexandria, and the Atchafalaya Basin held a much lower volume of water than it does today. How did America