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Africans in colonial Louisiana: the development of Afro-Creole culture in the eighteenth century

Hall, Gwendolyn Midlo.

Year: c1992.

Publisher: Louisiana State University Press.

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Frontmatter

Preface

Abbreviations and Short Titles

1 Settlers, Soldiers, Indians, and Officials: the Chaos of French Rule

2 Senegambia During the French Slave Trade to louisiana

3 Death and Revolt: The French Slave Trade to Louisiana

4 The Bambara in Louisiana: From the Natchez Uprising to the Samba Bambara Consipracy

5 French New Orleans: Technology, Skills, Labor, Escape, Treatment

6 The Creole Slaves: Origin, Family, lnaguage, Folklore

7 Bas du Fleuve: The Creole Slaves Adapt to the Cypress Swamp

8 The Pointe Coupee Post: Race Mixture and Freedom at a Frontier Settlement

9 Re-Africnaization Under Spanish Rule

10 Unrest During the Early 1790s

11 The 1795 Conspiracy in Pointe Coupee

Conclusion

Appendix A

Appendix B African nations of Slaves Accused of Crimes in Records of the Superior Council of Louisiana

Appendix C Slaves Found in Pointe Coupee "Inventories Between 1771 and 1802: Breakdown by Origin, Nation, Sex, and Percentage in Population

Appendix D Evidence of Widespread Survival of African Names in Colonial Louisiana

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Africans in colonial Louisiana : the development of Afro-Creole culture in the eighteenth century Gwendolyn Midlo Hall.

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Hall, Gwendolyn Midlo

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Africans in colonial Louisiana : the development of Afro-Creole culture in the eighteenth century Gwendolyn Midlo Hall.
Hall, Gwendolyn Midlo
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, c1992.

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Subject Headings:

• Creoles -- Louisiana -- History -- 18th century
• Slavery -- Louisiana -- History -- 18th century
• African Americans -- Louisiana -- History -- 18th century
• Louisiana -- History -- To 1803

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