Saint-Domingue Creoles
Saint Dominicans (French: Saint-Domingais), or simply Dominicans (French: Domingais) are the people who lived in the French colony of Saint-Domingue before the Haitian Revolution.
Saint-Domingais | |
|---|---|
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Saint-Domingue, Louisiana, France, United States, Haiti, Cuba, Puerto Rico, New York, Dominican Republic, Jamaica | |
| Languages | |
| French, Creole French | |
| Religion | |
| Roman Catholic, Voodoo | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Haitians, Cajuns, Louisiana Creoles, French Louisianians, Acadians, Dominicans, Puerto Ricans |
Dominican Creoles (French: Créoles) formed an ethnic group native to Saint-Domingue, they were all of the people who were born in Saint Domingue. The Creoles were well educated, and they created much art, such as the famed St. Dominican French Opera; their society prized manners, good education, tradition, and honor. During and after the Haitian Revolution, many St. Dominicans 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.