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Social StructureHierarchy?
• WhitesCreoles, Americans, & inhabitants of European origin
• Free BlacksLes Gens de Colour- emancipated slaves and their descendents
• SlavesNo civil rights
Caste SystemWhite Creole•Creoles•Chacas•Chacalatas•Cachumas
Black Creole•Quadroon•Mulatto•Griffe•Full-blooded
Les Gens de Colour
Black Creole Women
•Tignon•Quadroon Balls
•Nurses, midwives, street vendors
Black Creole Men
•Skilled Artisans
•Educated business owners
•Inheritance
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Crete, L. (translated by Patrick Gregory) 1978 (translation 1981). Daily Life in Louisiana 1815-1830. Baton Rouge and London: Louisiana State University Press.
Johnson, P. 2000. World Food New Orleans: Creole, Cajun, and Soul. Victoria,
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Rushton, W. F. 1979. The Cajuns: from Acadia to Louisiana. Canada: Harper Collins
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Thompson, T. 1986. Cajun-Creole Cooking. Tucson, Arizona: HP Books.
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