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Louisiana and Haiti

On 2 November 1852, the St. Martin Parish native, Joseph Prosper “Cadet” JOURNÉE, travelled to Opelousas to marry his beloved Virginie BARNABÉ, aRead More

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Filed Under: Cuisine, Economy, Free People of Color (FPOC), Genealogy, History, Identity, Language, Migrations, Slavery Tagged With: Bouguenais, Charles Jefferson Vavasseur, Chevalier de Luzières, Dehault Delassus, Emily Clark, Eugénie Pellerin, Eugénie Provost, Farmington, François Barnabé, Gens de couleur libres, Gladys Vavasseur, Gustave Journet, Haiti, Haiti-Louisiana, Ignace Journet, International Creole Heritage Month, Jean René Guiho de Kerlégand, la Louisiane, La Nouvelle-Orléans, Léontine Neveu, Louisiana, Louisiana Haiti Connection, Maturin Régis, mulâtre libre, mulâtresse libre, Nathalie Dessens, New Orleans, Nonk, Nouvèl-Bourbon, Nouvèle Bourbon, patrimoine créole, Pierre Journée, Quadroon Balls, Rosa Vavasseur, Saint-Domingue, Virginie Barnabé

Louisiana, St. Kitts & Nevis

Sometime early last year, I indulged in the DNA genealogy craze a second time, and purchased a saliva-based DNA analysis from 23andme. ItRead More

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Filed Under: Genealogy, History, Identity, Language, Migrations, Slavery Tagged With: créolité, International Creole Heritage Month, Névès, Nevis, patrimoine créole, St Kitts, St-Christophe

Louisiana and Mauritius

Louisiana Creoles, at least from the early 20th century until the present-day, love to champion their gallic heritage. French this, French that. Fleur deRead More

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Filed Under: Genealogy, History, Language, Slavery Tagged With: Compagnie des Indes, Company of the Indies, Creole, créolité, esclavage, histoire, history, île de Bourbon, île de France, International Creole Heritage Month, John Law, le créole mauricien, Maurice, Mauritian Creole, Mauritius, patrimoine créole, slavery

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