Haitian History in New Orleans

[IllmaticDelta]

At this point anybody that thinks of Gumbo as Cajun is an idiot, but this is great evidence for arguments sake. It definitely wasn’t that long ago people were still saying Gumbo had a French origin.

I’m still convinced the oldest Gumbo comes out of South Carolina though, they just haven’t found an old enough document yet to “prove” it.

yeah IMO, it was either Virginia or South Carolina with the first Gumbo with South Carolina being the oldest continuous source of Gumbo

 

[IllmaticDelta]

But Creole and Anglophone black slaves were the FIRST to integrate with each other in Louisiana.

@Supper ...something related to this

Laura Plantation is a restored historic Louisiana Creole plantation on the west bank of the Mississippi River near Vacherie, Louisiana, (U.S.), open for guided tours.[2] Formerly known as Duparc Plantation, it is significant for its early 19th-century Créole-style raised big house and several surviving outbuildings, including two slave cabins. It is one of only 15 plantation complexes in Louisiana with this many complete structures.[2] Because of its historical importance, the plantation is on the National Register of Historic Places. The site, in St. James Parish, Louisiana, is also included on the Louisiana African American Heritage Trail.

 

[IllmaticDelta]

"From the pots of red beans and rice bubbling in French Quarter restaurants to the amulet bags for sale in neighborhood botanicas, Haitian influence is seen, heard and tasted

That didn't come from Haiti

 

[Bunchy Carter]

They keep trying to push this fake narrative that Haitians influenced the Black people in New Orleans is false. Gumbo did not come from Haitians, or the French, or the Spanish....Gumbo is a FBA dish we created.

 

[G-Zeus]

Oh.. nice read, gumbo is similar to our kalalou
If we both have it. It should originate from Africa.

 

[IllmaticDelta]

IMO, it's easier to find/prove someone notable of Afro-Haitian descent in New Orleans history than to prove/show Afro-Haitian cultural influence. It's a very casually done thing to do in New Orleans/historians of New Orleans for someone to say "_________, came from Haiti" but when you do the knowledge, sh1t don't be adding up Take something like Gumbo for example: If people aren't claiming that it came from Cajuns, they say it came from Choctaw Indians or Haitian refugees; but when you really look into it, you find the real truth

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this is before both Acadians and Haitian refugees arrived




Bayou Teche Dispatches: Gumbo in 1764?

 

[IllmaticDelta]

@Supper

peep the senegambian stock in louisiana/ north america vs haiti

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