de Hispano-América (1908; “Letters and the Learned in Latin America”) andGrandes escritores de América (1919; “Great Writers of America”). His novel‚ El hombre de oro (The Man of Gold)‚ was published in 1912. Creole Democracy Pampas – the vast grassy plains of northern Argentina Creole – a person of European descent born in the West Indies or Latin America‚ a person descended from French ancestors in southern United States (especially Louisiana) Mulatto – an offspring of a black and a white parent
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ANTIGUAN CREOLE Antiguan Creole‚ owing to its British Colonial history‚ is English-based‚ and thus obviously shares many characteristics with British English. Also‚ because of the history of African slaves on the island‚ West African languages have contributed to Antiguan Creole‚ but in rather limited ways. The closest comparison to Antiguan Creole is Jamaican Creole‚ as Antiguan Creole shares the general structure with it. Antiguan Creole has some of its own distinctive features however.
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Carib and Arawak‚ speaking their own language and living their own cultures. Once the mentioned contact was made‚ the Caribbean creole was created. The original population of the islands had already influenced Spanish‚ lending them some words‚ and now was the time of participating in the English and African languages‚ as well as letting be influenced. The Caribbean creole is a Black English variety‚ but within it there are some varieties‚ depending on the area where it is spoken. The Miskito Indians
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Spanish born people were called Peninsulares‚ they held the most powerful positions in the government and church‚ dominated the colonial government of New Spain (L. Muñoz‚ Daniel). The upper class never desired to involve the native indians and mestizos in the government or in local control moves (L. Muñoz‚ Daniel) . Viceroy Jose de Iturrigaray tried to form a junta with the Creole because he thought that would make him king of an independent Mexico. The Peninsulares found out about this in 1808.
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Gullah‚ also known as Geechee‚ is an English-based creole used by African-Americans living in what is now referred to as the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor. This corridor is an approximately 400 miles long strip that runs from St. John’s River in Florida to Cape Fear River in North Carolina. In North and South Carolina the language is typically called Gullah‚ and in Georgia and Florida it is typically called Geechee. Gullah began as a pidgin language used by the slaves who lived on
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the time of 1810 through 1826‚ the Creoles‚ people who were born in Latin America with Spanish blood fought back against the Peninsulares‚ people who were Spanish born pure blooded for their independence. The Creoles were being deprived of their freedom. Therefore‚ this caused the Creoles to lead the fight because they wanted political power‚ economic interests‚ and fear of social unrest from lower classes. Political power was out of the question for the creoles. Their colonies freedom was being
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Why did the Creole lead the fight or independence in Latin America you may ask‚ the answer is they led the fight to protect themselves from the other social groups like the Indians below them who hated the Creoles and to protect their economic and political interests from the Peninsulares who were controlling their trade preventing them from obtaining political and economic power. In 1808 France invaded Spain and ended the protection that Creoles relied upon to protect themselves and estate from
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article‚ ‘The Revolt On The Slave Ship Creole: Popular resistance to slavery in post-emancipation Nassau’ was written by Edward Eden. Dr. Edward Eden is a professor of English at Hanover College‚ Indiana‚ U.S.A. This article was taken from the ‘Journal of the Bahamas Historical Society‚ October 2000‚’ pages 13 through 20.’ As penned by the author the main purpose of this article is to familiarize its Bahamian readers with the revolt on the slave ship Creole in an effort to solicit sources of information
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Cajun vs. Creole Have you ever wondered if there was any difference between Cajun and Creole food and what they are? There are actually many differences between the two and are actually not the same at all. A simply way to described the two cuisines is that Creole cuisine is more city food where as Cajun cuisine is usually referred to as country food. The work Cajun originates form les Acadians‚ which was used to describe the French colonist who settled in the Acadia region of Canada. Which
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Despite the fact that Creoles were of European decent‚ they didn’t have many of the privileges the people born in Europe had. Though they were of higher class than most people in Latin America‚ they didn’t have much political power. Along with this‚ the Creoles were treated as far less important than the Peninsulares‚ mostly because they were not born in Europe‚ and held less superior jobs. Spain also viewed them as Americans‚ therefore they had the same restrictions as the natives of Latin America
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