Creoles of Color in the Bayou Country
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Ethnic Studies
| Author: | Carl A. Brasseaux, Claude F. Oubre, Keith P. Fontenot | ISBN: | 9781604736083 |
| Publisher: | University Press of Mississippi | Publication: | October 1, 1996 |
| Imprint: | University Press of Mississippi | Language: | English |
| Author: | Carl A. Brasseaux, Claude F. Oubre, Keith P. Fontenot |
| ISBN: | 9781604736083 |
| Publisher: | University Press of Mississippi |
| Publication: | October 1, 1996 |
| Imprint: | University Press of Mississippi |
| Language: | English |
This probing book, focused on the mid-eighteenth to the early twentieth centuries, is the first to scrutinize this multiracial group through a close study of primary resource materials.
During the antebellum period they were excluded from the state's three-tiered society--white, free people of color, and slaves. Yet Creoles of Color were a dynamic component in the region's economy, for they were self-compelled in efforts to become and integral part of the community.
This probing book, focused on the mid-eighteenth to the early twentieth centuries, is the first to scrutinize this multiracial group through a close study of primary resource materials.
During the antebellum period they were excluded from the state's three-tiered society--white, free people of color, and slaves. Yet Creoles of Color were a dynamic component in the region's economy, for they were self-compelled in efforts to become and integral part of the community.
