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Why creoles came to Louisiana?

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Anonymous

14y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

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I'm not sure what "Roll Tide" refers to however the answer to your question: Creoles never "came" to Louisiana. Louisiana Creoles, and their culture, are native to the Louisiana territory. After the French claimed and colonized Louisiana for France, any offspring born of unions between French, local natives, Africans, Spaniards, Germans, Irish etc., or any "admixture" thereof, these children were called "creoles" (adj) to distinguish them from immigrants: Creole finds its roots in the Portuguese term "crioulo" as they were the first to use it. And "Crioulo" comes from the Latin word "crear" meaning to create/native. Thus, a Creole is anyone who is native to Louisiana in its traditional use. Louisiana Creole today denotes the descendants of this, regardless of "race/ethnicity" and the culture that developped as a result of these multi-cultural blendings. Since Creole is a culture, anyone can become a Creole by marrying into a Creole family just as well and adapting/assimilating into the culture of Creoles.

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