Creole of color

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Creole of color refers to a historically distinct, mixed-race community in Louisiana, typically of African, French, Spanish, and sometimes Native American ancestry, with its own rich cultural and social traditions.

All labels observed (6)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
historical community ⓘ
social group ⓘ
affectedByEvent American Civil War ⓘ
Americanization of Louisiana ⓘ
Jim Crow laws ⓘ
Louisiana Purchase ⓘ
Reconstruction era ⓘ
associatedWith Creole architecture ⓘ
Creole culture ⓘ
Creole music ⓘ
Louisiana Creole cuisine ⓘ
free people of color ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
culturalContribution development of early jazz and related musical forms ⓘ
culturalHeritage blending of African, French, Spanish, and Native American elements ⓘ
culturalPractice Catholic sacramental life ⓘ
distinct naming traditions ⓘ
elaborate social gatherings and balls ⓘ
strong emphasis on kinship networks ⓘ
developedInCentury 18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
ethnicComposition African ancestry ⓘ
French ancestry ⓘ
Native American ancestry ⓘ
Spanish ancestry ⓘ
hasSubgroup Creoles of color in Cane River region ⓘ
Creoles of color in New Orleans ⓘ
historicalLanguagePolicy French widely used in community life ⓘ
historicallyConcentratedIn Faubourg Tremé ⓘ
linked to: Garden District

French Quarter ⓘ
historicalOccupationPattern artisans and skilled trades ⓘ
small property owners ⓘ
teachers and professionals ⓘ
historicalStatus often free before the American Civil War ⓘ
identityDebate sometimes classified within broader Black American category ⓘ
sometimes distinguished from African American identity ⓘ
languageTradition English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Louisiana Creole ⓘ
legalStatusInFrenchPeriod recognized as distinct from enslaved Africans ⓘ
legalStatusInSpanishPeriod recognized as distinct from enslaved Africans ⓘ
notableCity New Orleans ⓘ
notableReligionInstitution St. Augustine Church (New Orleans) ⓘ
primaryRegion Louisiana ⓘ
relatedGroup Afro-Creoles ⓘ
linked to: Creole people

Louisiana Creoles ⓘ
linked to: Creole people
religiousTradition Roman Catholicism ⓘ
socialPosition intermediate status between white and enslaved populations ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Homer Plessy → ethnicGroup → Creole of color ⓘ
Louisiana Creole → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Louisiana Creoles ⓘ
linked to: Creole of color
Célestine Musson → connectedTo → New Orleans Creole society ⓘ
linked to: Creole of color
Louisiana French → spokenBy → Creoles of color ⓘ
linked to: Creole of color
Cane River region → hasEthnicGroup → Creoles of color ⓘ
linked to: Creole of color
White Creoles → distinctFrom → Black Creoles ⓘ
linked to: Creole of color
White Creoles → relatedGroup → Black Creoles ⓘ
linked to: Creole of color
Americanization of Louisiana → hasEffectOn → Creoles of color ⓘ
linked to: Creole of color
The Feast of All Saints → focusesOn → Creoles of color ⓘ
linked to: Creole of color
African diaspora in Louisiana → hasPart → Louisiana Creoles of color ⓘ
linked to: Creole of color