Tag: Code Noir

  • The flight of refugees from the Haitian Revolution intertwined the histories of Louisiana and Saint-Domingue. The story of one refugee, Pierre Benonime Dormenon illustrates how perceptions of the Haitian Revolution and racial prejudices within Louisiana affected an emerging white Creole identity.

  • Status, Race, and Marriage: French Continental Law versus French Colonial Law American Historical Association 124th Annual Meeting Friday, 2010-01-08 14:30 PST (Local Time) Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego Manchester Ballroom F (Hyatt) San Diego, California Valérie Gobert-Sega École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France In its most traditional moral and legal conception, marriage…