The Creole Experience in Louisiana
The Creoles in Louisiana shared in the development of the state, and indeed, helped shape the unique culture of Louisiana. It is important to know that there were (and still are) several definitions of the word "Creole." Some people identified themselves as Creole because they were born in the New World, others applied the term to offspring of interracial relationships, and still other Creoles descended from the slave class. Often living as a class outside traditional society in the antebellum period, Creoles in Louisiana flourished socially, culturally, and economically in the aftermath of the Civil War and to the present day.
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