Creoles of Color

The Creoles of color are a historic ethnic group of Creole people that developed in the former French and Spanish colonies of Louisiana (especially in the city of New Orleans), Mississippi, Alabama, and Northwestern Florida in what is now the United States. French colonists in Louisiana first used the term "Creole" to refer to whites born in the colony, rather than in France. It was also used for enslaved people born in the colony.

Creoles Of Color Media

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  Flag of New Orleans, Louisiana

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  Victor Séjour, the earliest known author of fiction by an African-American.

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  Bechet

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  Creole Marianne Celeste Dragon

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  Creole jazz musician Sidney Bechet, a virtuoso on the soprano saxophone

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  Barney Bigard, noted jazz clarinetist long a part of Duke Ellington's orchestra