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The Masses: The ethnogenesis of Creole cowboy culture in Southwest Louisiana

During the time of the French, the vast prairies of present-day Southwest Louisiana remained mostly uncolonized. The only inhabitants consisted mainly of scatteredRead More

What may slaves in colonial Louisiana have looked like?

any popular ideas about Africa’s multitude of distinct peoples emerged at some point in Western history and memory. One such idea homogenized the physiqueRead More

Forename etymology discovery – Mélissaire and Mélius

Many of us who conduct genealogical research occasionally stumble upon a few odd forenames (given names).