Creole of color

E156721
ethnic group historical community social group

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.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Black Creoles 2
Creoles of color 2
Creole of color canonical 1

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 of America ⓘ
surface form: 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 Garden District ⓘ
surface form: Faubourg Tremé

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 Creole people ⓘ
surface form: Afro-Creoles

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

Referenced by (7)

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

Homer Plessy → ethnicGroup → Creole of color ⓘ
Louisiana Creole → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Creole of color ⓘ
this entity surface form: Louisiana Creoles
Célestine Musson → connectedTo → Creole of color ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Orleans Creole society
Louisiana French → spokenBy → Creole of color ⓘ
this entity surface form: Creoles of color
Cane River region → hasEthnicGroup → Creole of color ⓘ
this entity surface form: Creoles of color
White Creoles → distinctFrom → Creole of color ⓘ
this entity surface form: Black Creoles
White Creoles → relatedGroup → Creole of color ⓘ
this entity surface form: Black Creoles