By now, it is common knowledge that Beyoncé KNOWLES is Louisiana Creole through her mother. It is also now widely known that herRead More
Slave Emancipations in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana
The document below is a list of all slave emancipations at the Attakapas Post and St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, from 1756-1863. These areRead More
Creole originally meant …
Not too long ago, Creole was an afterthought in Louisiana consciousness. It fell out of popular memory and recognition by World War I, as a large number of Louisiana Creoles abandoned their historic identity and culture for racialized Anglo-American identities (white and negro/colored/black) … Since around 2010, Creole is back in popular use and academic discourse, and not in the racialized way that many today often use the identity.
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