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2 days ago · Louisiana Creoles (French: Créoles de la Louisiane, Louisiana Creole: Moun Kréyòl la Lwizyàn, Spanish: Criollos de Luisiana) are a Louisiana French ethnic group descended from the inhabitants of colonial Louisiana before it became a part of the United States during the period of both French and Spanish rule.
1 day ago · The property on which La Maison Creole de Freetown museum sits is shared by an oak tree that wears the magnificence of centuries. The canopy extends over the block of Lafayette’s historic Freetown neighborhood, situated on property that was once part of Louisiana Governor Alexandre Mouton’s Ile Copal sugar plantation, and just around the corner from Good Hope Hall—a Black-only gathering ...
5 days ago · New Orleans, city, southeastern Louisiana, U.S. New Orleans is one of the most distinctive cultural centers in North America. It is the largest city in Louisiana, one of the country’s most important ports, a major tourist resort, and a medical, industrial, and educational center.
2 days ago · the largest slave revolt on United States soil. 1811 LOUISIANA SLAVERY REBELLION. Led by Creoles ,Free People of Color and African Slaves.. In 1811, the population of the New Orleans and its suburbs was about 25,000; nearly 11,000 were [enslaved persons], some 8,000 whites and about 6,000 [non-enslaved captifs] people of color.
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Mursin. • 56 min. ago. There's been a bit of a French reawakening in Louisiana. It's not strong, it's subtle but it is happening. Younger generations are interested in picking up the pieces of forced assimilation and cultural commoditization. There's a Cajun french discord, there's a Cajun French program and Louisiana folklore at UL, I know ...
5 days ago · One example of these boat people were the 42 Creole-speaking Haïtien men, 20 women, and three children who jumped ashore on the Florida coast at dawn on December 12, 1972 after sailing to Cuba and the Bahamas in a three‐week journey aboard a leaking 56‐foot sailboat.
3 days ago · Baton Rouge is a culturally distinct area of Louisiana, where Cajun and Creole Catholic culture from Greater New Orleans and Acadiana is syncretized with the African American Baptist culture of the Florida Parishes and South Mississippi.
