g, a New Orleans Creole is a descendent of an early French or Spanish settler, "born in the colony," not in Europe. Most colonials in the eighteenth century were French. They dominated New Orleans cultural and social life for more than 100 years, long before the "Americans" arrived. Most Creoles called themselves "French," spoke French and considered themselves the only true "natives". They occupied a middle ground between whites and unslaved blacks, and as such often possessed property and received formal education.
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