The Louisiana Creole and their Culture
There are more than enough reasons why Louisiana Creole People are without a doubt a seperate ethinc group ...Creole history and Culture does not parallel African American Culture ..Lets examine the differences that seperate the Two People....
!.......Creole Cuture existed long before Their introduction to the New World ..Their History predates America and it goes back to the last years of European Occupation by the Moors .......Link ......Link2
2...... They existed as a Seperate People that co existed with the West Africans in the Trading post of Senagal ...Link....... Link2
3.......Their Ancestors were predominately from West Africa where many of the Slaves brought to the New World, South America and the Caribbean originated, (way before there was a United States of America ) Link
4........The Louisiana Creoles were originally Citizens of a Foreign Country called "New France" ...Link
5........They lived under an entirely different Political system than America Link
6........Many of the Louisiana Creoles were products of White and Black Parents and Were never Slaves but were born as Free People of Color ...Link
7.........Creoles spoke a Different Language "Louisiana Creole" with a dilect that is common among many of the Creole speaking inhabitants of the Caribbean..... Link
8.... ....Many Haitian Creoles Fled Haiti to escape the revolution and came to louisiana to further solidify the bond between the two People ...Link ......Link 2
9..........The Louisiana Creole enjoyed a seperate Racial status that was neither Black nor White but somewhere in between and were officially Called Mulattoes ... Link
10..........The African Slaves that came to Louisiana brought their food and Culture from Africa and were able to keep them and develop them in the New World because of the Relaxed laws the french Culture permitted ..... Link
11......They came from a Latin Culture had latin Customs and were raised under a more accomodating latin way of life ...... Link
12.....Their Ancestors were African, Spanish, Native American And French European which reflected the Cultures of the People that they shared.... Link