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Creole Lady of New Orleans

February 15, 2023

Shared by Dannie Gore, Sr. A mixture of Negro, Indian and White, these gentlewomen were sometimes educated in France, and were wealthy, had many slaves, and spoke French. Some whites of supposedly inmixed strain pretended to scorn them but they and their men were a power in the city. The word “Creole” itself is […]

Reconstruction Texas Legislator Richard Allen

November 8, 2021

Posted Dan Gore Sr. During the period of Reconstruction and extending into the 1880’s, Negro (African American) Texans were among those elected to the state legislature. They worked to protect cattlemen and build a more prosperous state. In 1870 a former slave named Richard Allen devised the Texas pension law for veterans, and as chairman […]