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| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| Saint-Domingue, Louisiana, France, United States, Haiti, Cuba, Puerto Rico, New York, Dominican Republic, Jamaica | |
| Languages | |
| French, Creole French, Spanish, Portuguese, English, Haitian Creole | |
| Religion | |
| Roman Catholic, Voodoo, Islam, Muslim | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Haitians, Cajuns, Louisiana Creoles, French Louisianians, Acadians, Dominicans, Puerto Ricans |
Saint-Domingue Creoles (French: Créoles de Saint-Domingue, Haitian Creole: Moun Kreyòl Sen Domeng) or simply Creoles, were the people who lived in the French colony of Saint-Domingue prior to the Haitian Revolution.
These Creoles formed an ethnic group native to Saint-Domingue and were all born in Saint-Domingue.[1] The Creoles were well educated, and they created much art, such as the famed French Opera;[2] their society prized manners, good education, tradition, and honor.[3] During and after the Haitian Revolution, many Creoles from Saint-Domingue fled to locations in the United States, other Antilles islands, New York City, Cuba, France, Jamaica, and especially New Orleans in Louisiana, where they made an enormous impact on Louisiana Creole culture.[4][5]
- ^ M. L. E. Moreau de Saint-Méry (1797). Description topographique, physique, civile, politique et historique de la partie francaise de l'isle Saint-Domingue…. p. 12.
- ^ Louis Duval (1895). Colons bas-normands et créoles de Saint-Domingue (familles des Pallières et Guérin). p. 17.
- ^ Pierre de Vaissière (1909). Saint-Domingue: La Société et la vie créoles sous l'ancien régime, 1629-1789. p. 276.
- ^ Fiehrer. Saint-Domingue/Haiti. p. 429.
- ^ Brasseaux, Carl A.; Conrad, Glenn R., eds. (2016). The Road to Louisiana: The Saint-Domingue Refugees 1792-1809. Lafayette, Louisiana: University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press. ISBN 9781935754602.