CANE RIVER CREOLE - National Park Service

Starting, then, with the French occupation of Louisiana, “creole” meant local or native origin, that is, nationality rather than biological race (cf. Brasseaux, Fontenot, and Oubre 1994). Successive generations of American-born offspring who traced their ancestry to Europe or Africa also came to be called “Creole.” ................
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