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==History== In the early 1700s, the area that would become Sicily Island was the site of a [[Natchez people|Natchez]] settlement. In January 1731, towards the end of the [[Natchez revolt|Natchez Revolt]], French forces besieged the Natchez fort, compelling the surrender of 45 men and 450 women and children. Although the bulk of the Natchez leaders and warriors escaped, the siege marked the last major engagement of the war.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Steponaitis |first1=Vincas P. |last2=Prickett |first2=Brandon L. |date=2014 |title=The Natchez Fort at Sicily Island, Louisiana |url=http://rla.unc.edu/personal/vps/articles/Steponaitis%20%26%20Prickett%202017%20LaArch.pdf |journal=Louisiana Archaeology |issue=41 |access-date=May 10, 2022 |archive-date=April 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220427010831/http://rla.unc.edu/personal/vps/articles/Steponaitis%20%26%20Prickett%202017%20LaArch.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1881, a Jewish [[kibbutz|agricultural colony]] was created in Sicily Island with the support of the [[Am Olam]] organization and the [[Hebrew Emigrant Aid Society]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Green |first=David B. |date=December 17, 2013 |title=1881: Jews Fleeing Russia Found Proto-kibbutz in Louisiana |language=en |work=Haaretz |url=https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/.premium-1881-proto-kibbutz-in-louisiana-1.5300912 |access-date=May 10, 2022 |archive-date=May 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510170731/https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/.premium-1881-proto-kibbutz-in-louisiana-1.5300912 |url-status=live }}</ref> The colony was mostly made up of immigrants from [[Kropyvnytskyi|Yelisavetgrad]] who were fleeing the [[Anti-Jewish pogroms in the Russian Empire|pogroms]] that began that same year. By 1882, the colony was completely disbanded as the [[Mississippi River floods#Flood of 1882|Mississippi River]] flooded, destroying most farms.<ref>[http://www.isjl.org/louisiana-sicily-island-encyclopedia.html "Sicily Island, Louisiana"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151219022545/http://www.isjl.org/louisiana-sicily-island-encyclopedia.html |date=December 19, 2015 }}, ''Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities''</ref>
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