Black Creoles of Louisiana

ETHNONYMS: Afro-French, Black Creoles, Black French, Creoles, Créoles, Créoles Noirs, Creoles of Color


Bibliography

Domínguez, Virginia R. (1986). White by Definition: Social Classification in Creole Louisiana. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press.

Fiehrer, Thomas Marc (1979). "The African Presence in Colonial Louisiana." In Louisiana's Black Heritage, edited by Robert R. McDonald, John R. Kemp, and Edward E. Haas, 3-31. New Orleans: Louisiana State Museum.

Jacobs, Claude F. (198). "Spirit Guides and Possession in the New Orleans Black Spiritual Churches." Journal of American Folklore, 102(403):45-67.

Neumann, Ingrid (1985). Le Creole de Breaux Bridge, Louisiane. Hamburg: Helmut Buske Verlag.

Spitzer, Nicholas R. (1984). Zydeco: Creole Music and Culture in Rural Louisiana. Color film; 56 minutes. Distributed by Flower Films, El Cerrito, Calif.

Spitzer, Nicholas R. (1986). "Zydeco and Mardi Gras: Creole Performance Genres and Identity in Rural French Louisiana." Ph.D. diss., University of Texas at Austin.

Sterkx, Herbert E. (1972). The Free Negro in Ante-Bellum Louisiana. Rutherford, N.J.: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press.

NICHOLAS R. SPITZER

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Jun 23, 2011 @ 3:15 pm
I'm tracing my family history and am currently finding myself stuck in the Lafayette area. My family (African-American) name is Garner. I'd like to find more information on our possible connection to any Creole roots. Help if you can...thank you.
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Nov 18, 2011 @ 1:13 pm
My mother recently told me that I'm creole and both my family mother and father roots are in Lousiana. Including: Forest hill, batonrouge, and alexandria. However, i have no information on my family, which is sad, I'm so interseted with little to go on. I have recently been searching for my family tree and found nothing. I would like to have more info to live out a creole livestyle and follow it's traditions. Can anyone help me out. All I know is that My grandmother name was Annette Dorsey and my grandfather name was Bill Dorsey. Help?

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