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Revisiting descriptors again

On 6 February 1796, Baptiste MEUILLON, a native of St. Charles Parish, and Céleste DONAT[O]-BELLO, a native of New Orleans, decided to tieRead More

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Filed Under: Descriptors, Language Tagged With: Alexandre Norbert Le Normand, Antonio de Sedella, Baptiste Cheval, Baptiste Cheval Meuillon, Baptiste Meuillon, Baptiste Meullion, blood quantum, Catalina Destréhan, Catherine Destréhan, Céleste Donato, Céleste Donato Bello, Céleste Donatto, Charlotte Broutin, Creole culture, Donato Bello, Donatto Bello, Ignace Broutin, Ignace-François Broutin, Jeanne Charlotte Broutin, Joseph Marin Le Normand, Latin descriptors, Louisiana Creoles, Marianne Meuillon, Marianne Meullion, Marie Jeanne Taillefer, Marin Lenormand, Modeste Lenormand, Modeste-Arthémise Le Normand, Moreau de St. Méry, Moreau St Méry, Norbert Lenormand, Octoroons, Pierre Marin Le Normand, Quadroons, Racializers

Louisiana Myths: The Octoroon

On 20 December 2010, I rather haphazardly chimed in on a segment of NPR (National Public Radio) News called How Multi-Ethnic People IdentifyRead More

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