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Old 10-05-2017, 11:05 PM
 
Location: Louisiana to Houston to Denver to NOVA
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When did Haitians immigrate? Why would black people move to America then?
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Old 10-06-2017, 08:18 AM
 
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There was more than just a few Germans . In fact , a lot of names that are generally considered to be French are actually German in origin . St. James Parish has a rich history of German immigrants . Some of them were my own family .
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Old 10-06-2017, 04:37 PM
 
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I've never heard of Creole meaning someone directly from France. It's always mix race.
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There are many definitions I've heard over the years but that's the first. Isn't Creole synonymous with mulatto?
I had a Creole teacher in middle school, and the way she explained it was that the Creole were derived from a French colonial culture that was of people of any race or mixture. So you could look 100% French, Spanish, African, or any combination of the above and be Creole. That it wasn't about race, but a Franco-centric culture that developed in Louisiana among a group of people with any or all three of those backgrounds.

It even came up because her husband, also a teacher in the school, was Creole and looked like Ronald Reagan, while she was a light skinned black, and students were curious that they were both Creole despite different looks.

And I'm sure she used a more basic explanation, so maybe I extrapolated a bit, any Creole's out there to help explain?
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Old 10-07-2017, 10:07 AM
 
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I really enjoy Zydeco music quite a bit more than Cajun music. I don't know if Zydeco comes from the Cajun or Creole culture or another culture, but the songs for the most part are sung in English and it seems most of the artists are black, at least that's been my experience.

Zydeco music is pretty much unheard of outside of the Gulf Coast region that stretches from Houston to Mobile.

I'm guessing that alot of people who are not familiar with Zydeco, mistakenly believe it's Cajun music they are hearing. It certainly doesn't have the nationwide name recognition that bluegrass and Cajun music has.
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Old 10-07-2017, 12:09 PM
 
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When did Haitians immigrate? Why would black people move to America then?
I imagine he is speaking of the refugees who came from French Saint-Domingue after the Haitian Revolution (thus it was renamed Haiti) in the early 1800s. It was about 10,000 people and equally split between white, free people of color, and slaves and they settled in New Orleans and basically doubled the city's population in 1810. It was a brutal rebellion where any white people were being killed and many free people of color were also scared their position in society would be lost (plus many also had slaves) so they came to New Orleans.

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There was more than just a few Germans . In fact , a lot of names that are generally considered to be French are actually German in origin . St. James Parish has a rich history of German immigrants . Some of them were my own family .
Yes, a lot of common names like Trosclair, Schexnayder, LaBranche, Haydel, Vicknair, Waguespack, (and all their various spellings), etc. all have German origins. St. James, St. Charles, and St. John the Baptist were historically known as the German Coast. Of course New Orleans received a large wave of German immigrants too but that was later in the 1850s.
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Old 10-07-2017, 01:08 PM
 
Location: Louisiana to Houston to Denver to NOVA
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I imagine he is speaking of the refugees who came from French Saint-Domingue after the Haitian Revolution (thus it was renamed Haiti) in the early 1800s. It was about 10,000 people and equally split between white, free people of color, and slaves and they settled in New Orleans and basically doubled the city's population in 1810. It was a brutal rebellion where any white people were being killed and many free people of color were also scared their position in society would be lost (plus many also had slaves) so they came to New Orleans.
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