What are the French and Black people of Southern Louisiana historically called?

(French: Créoles de la Louisiane, Spanish: Criollos de Luisiana) are persons descended from the inhabitants of colonial Louisiana during the period of both French and Spanish rule. Louisiana Créoles share cultural ties such as the traditional use of the French, Spanish, and Louisiana Créole languages and predominant practice of Catholicism.

The word "Créole" is not a racial nor ethnic label and it is not a racial slur, and people of fully European descent, fully African descent, or of any mixture therein may identify as Créoles. The Créole of Southern Louisiana are proud to be called "Créole".

Louisiana Créole people are persons descended from the inhabitants of colonial Louisiana during the period of both French and Spanish rule. Louisiana Créoles share cultural ties such as the traditional use of the French, Spanish, and Louisiana Creole languages and predominant practice of Catholicism.

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Elsy O. Stromberg

The Cajuns are not part black as far as I know. Creoles in La. are part black and part French. I never heard them called Creole French, just Creoles.

chipdhf

“ Now Amos Moses was a Cajun He lived by himself in the swamp He hunted alligator for a living He'd just knock them in the head with a stump” - Jerry Reed

David de Tremaudan

Actually, the Creole France are settlers from France. They were primarily aristocracy and “landed gentry “. The Cajun people were primarily Canadian French that had their land expropriated by the British government and because of their French background were allowed into Louisiana as refugees before it was part of the USA. I know this because it’s part of my family heritage. This answer is wrong.

Richard D. Boyle

I have two adult grandsons and their families who have lived in New Orleans all their lives. They would have answered Cajun for this question first and Creole second...as did I. No way Cajun should be considered wrong.

Stephen Knapp

Both Créole and Cajun French are correct answers for this question.

Larry Jones

I call them sir, ma'am or if I know their names, by name.

georgeguruwaya

To chipdhf, now you've got me thinking how the rest of that song goes?

Mike Martin

This person has never been to southern Louisiana. It's Cajun, creole is hardly ever mentioned.

Elsy O. Stromberg

Irma Rivera, Come on. You answered sixteen hrs. ago at this point in time and the graph says 9.7K have answered it, so don't think so.

Wayne Linburg

Jon Glencross, This is correct ! Acadian, as a word, gradually morphed into the word Cajun. This French group of the Maritime(Atlantic) Provinces, notably Nova Scotia of Canada, got forced to move out by the English. They then fled to the French colony of Louisiana.