Title From Saint-Domingue to New Orleans : migration and influences / Nathalie Dessens ; foreword by Stanley Harrold and Randall M. Miller

Published Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 257 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Southern dissent Southern dissent Contents The Saint-Domingue epic -- Louisiana, land of welcome -- The refugee community -- Influencing Louisiana's economic pattern -- A new social era? -- The refugees' politics : from visibility to influence -- A still unfathomed cultural legacy : refugees in Creole New Orleans Summary Examines the legacy of approximately 15,000 Saint-Domingue refugees--whites, slaves, and free people of color--who settled in Louisiana between 1791 and 1815 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-247) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Haitian Americans -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 18th century Haitian Americans -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 19th century Immigrants -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History Refugees -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History Refugees -- Haiti -- History Haitians -- Migrations -- History HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General. Haitians -- Migrations Emigration and immigration Haitian Americans Immigrants Refugees Social conditions SUBJECT Haiti -- History -- Revolution, 1791-1804 -- Refugees Haiti -- Emigration and immigration -- History New Orleans (La.) -- Emigration and immigration -- History New Orleans (La.) -- Social conditions Subject Haiti Louisiana -- New Orleans Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2006022836 ISBN 9780813040110 0813040116 0813035678 9780813035673

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