Creoles of Color in the Bayou Country

by Carl A. Brasseaux, Claude F. Oubre, Keith P. Fontenot, Clifton Carmen (Foreword by)

Overview

Creoles of color are rightfully among the first families of southwestern Louisiana. Yet in both antebellum and postbellum periods they remained a people considered apart from the rest of the population. This book, focused on the mid-eighteenth to the early twentieth centuries, is the first to scrutinize this group through a close study of primary resource materials.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781604736083
Publisher:	University Press of Mississippi
Publication date:	01/06/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
Lexile:	1520L (what's this?)
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Carl A. Brasseaux, former director of the Center for Louisiana Studies and a Louisiana Writer of the Year, has spent a lifetime studying the peoples and cultures of the Louisiana coastal plain. He is author or coauthor of more than forty books including Asian-Cajun Fusion: Shrimp from the Bay to the Bayou; Ain't There No More: Louisiana's Disappearing Coastal Plain; Acadian to Cajun: Transformation of a People, 1803-1877; and Creoles of Color in the Bayou Country, all published by University Press of Mississippi. Claude F. Oubre (1937-2011) was a professor of history and political science at Louisiana State University at Eunice. Keith P. Fontenot is an archivist at St. Landry Parish Clerk of Courts, 27th Judicial District, Opelousas, Louisiana.

Editorial Reviews

Examines South Louisiana's multiracial society and the contributions of Creoles of Color to the region's economy, focusing on the mid-18th to the early 20th centuries. Discusses antebellum economic, social, and legal realities, class and cultural orientation, and the Creoles' progressive isolation after the Civil War. Appendices document civil suits and transactions involving Creoles of Color. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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