Creole Angel: The Self-Identity of the Free People of Color of Antebellum New Orleans

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...

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Main Author: Hobratsch, Ben Melvin
Other Authors: Hagler, D. Harland
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: University of North Texas 2006
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Online Access:https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc5369/