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Creole:

the history and legacy of Louisiana's free people of color
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Sybil Kein
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LSU Press, 2000 - History - 344 pages
  

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i love this book, almost halfway through, will finish this weekend. picked it up on recent trip to new orleans in the french quarter book shop i frequent. i love the rich historical and cultural context. Read full review

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Contents

People of Color in Louisiana
3
Marcus Christians Treatment of Les Gens de Couleur Libre
42
How Race
57
Reading Dion Boucicaults
101
The Use of Louisiana Creole in Southern Literature
117
The Voodoo Queen Repossessed
157
Romance
179
Businesses Professions and Trades
208
The Origin of Louisiana Creole
223
AfroCaribbean Links
244
Race the Politics
252
Creole Poets on the Verge of a Nation
276
Racial Passing and Poverty in Segregated
295
Creole Culture in the Poetry of Sybil Kein
317
Contributors
327
Copyright

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Creole: The History and Legacy of Louisiana's Free People of Color
Creole: The History and Legacy of Louisiana's Free People of Color
Kein, Sybil,Louisiana State University Press
Limited preview - 2000
Creole: The History and Legacy of Louisiana's Free People of Color
Creole: The History and Legacy of Louisiana's Free People of Color
Sybil Kein
No preview available - 2000

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Creole: The History and Legacy of Louisiana's Free People
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About the author (2000)

Kein is a Creole scholar, writer, and musician. Her recorded poetry is housed in the National Archives. She lives in New Orleans and in Flint, Michigan where she is a Professor of English at the University of Michigan.

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TitleCreole: the history and legacy of Louisiana's free people of color
EditorSybil Kein
Editionillustrated
PublisherLSU Press, 2000
ISBN0807126012, 9780807126011
Length344 pages
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