Editing Cheneyville, Louisiana (section)

==History==
The town was named for settler William Cheney.<ref>
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Cheneyville is significant in the history of the [[Restoration Movement]] associated with [[Alexander Campbell (clergyman)|Alexander Campbell]]. In 1843 most of the membership of a Baptist congregation, under the leadership of [[William Prince Ford]], who had been influenced by Campbell's writings, became a [[Churches of Christ|Church of Christ]]. The Cheneyville [[Christian Churches and Churches of Christ|Christian Church]] is the oldest congregation associated with the Restoration Movement in Louisiana. In 1857, Campbell visited the congregation and was favorably impressed by its fellowship between the races.<ref>{{cite news
|url = http://www.christianchronicle.org/article/oscar-best-picture-contender-12-years-a-slave-has-ties-to-stone-campbell-movement 
|title = Oscar contender '12 Years a Slave' has ties to Restoration Movement 
|first = Erik 
|last = Tryggestad 
|newspaper = Christian Chronicle 
|date = February 27, 2014 
|access-date = February 28, 2014
}}</ref>

Ford is also known as the original enslaver of [[Solomon Northup]], the main character in the [[feature film]], ''[[Twelve Years a Slave]]''.  Northup was an [[African-American]] who had been born free, but kidnapped in [[District of Columbia|Washington, D.C.]], and sold to Ford in [[New Orleans]] in 1841.