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Barthelemy Lafon (1769–1820) – notable Creole architect, engineer, city planner, and surveyor in New Orleans; Jean Alexandre LeMat (1824–1883) – best known for the percussion cap revolver that bears his name (LeMat revolver) [144] [145] Norbert Rillieux (1806–1894) – inventor and engineer [146]
During the Age of Discovery, native-born colonists were referred to as Creoles to distinguish them from the new arrivals of France, Spain, and Africa. [4] Some Native Americans, such as the Choctaw people, also intermarried with Creoles. Like "Cajun," the term "Creole" is a popular name used to describe cultures in the Louisiana area.
The English word creole derives from the French créole, which in turn came from Portuguese crioulo, a diminutive of cria meaning a person raised in one's house.Cria is derived from criar, meaning "to raise or bring up", itself derived from the Latin creare, meaning "to make, bring forth, produce, beget"; which is also the source of the English word "create".
Louisiana Creole is a French-based creole language spoken by fewer than 10,000 people, mostly in the U.S. state of Louisiana. [4] Also known as Kouri-Vini, [1] it is spoken today by people who may racially identify as white, black, mixed, and Native American, as well as Cajun and Creole.
Louisiana Creole people of Spanish descent (1 C, 13 P) Pages in category "Louisiana Creole people" The following 154 pages are in this category, out of 154 total.
Afro-Creole Poetry in French from Louisiana's Radical Civil War–Era Newspapers: A Bilingual Edition. Historic New Orleans Collection. ISBN 9780917860799. {}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ; Douglas, Nick (2013). Finding Octave: The Untold Story of Two Creole Families and Slavery in Louisiana. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.
A people of diverse origins, the Creoles formed an elite with their own schools, churches, fire company, and social organizations. Many Creoles were the descendants of free blacks at the time of Mobile's capture by American forces, and who retained their freedoms by treaty and treated by the American government as a unique people.
Pages in category "Creole peoples" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...