Creole Angel: The Self-Identity of the Free People of Color of Antebellum New Orleans
Description:
This thesis is about the self-identity of antebellum New Orleans's free people of color. The emphasis of this work is that French culture, mixed Gallic and African ancestry, and freedom from slavery served as the three keys to the identity of this class of people. Taken together, these three factors separated the free people of color from the other major groups residing in New Orleans - Anglo-Americans, white Creoles and black slaves. The introduction provides an overview of the topic and st…
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Date:
August 2006
Creator:
Hobratsch, Ben Melvin
Partner:
UNT Libraries