No cross, no crown black nuns in nineteenth-century New Orleans

Deggs, Mary Bernard. (Author). Gould, Virginia Meacham. (Added Author). Nolan, Charles E. (Added Author).

Summary: Nineteenth-century New Orleans was a diverse city. The French-speaking Catholic Creoles, whether black, white, or racially mixed -- so different from the city's English-speaking residents -- inspired intense curiosity and speculation. But none of the city's inhabitants evoked as much wonder as did the Sisters of the Holy Family, whose mission was to evangelize slaves and free people of color and to care for the poor, sick, and elderly.These women, whose community still thrives, are portrayed in an account

Record details

ISBN: 0253108594 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9780253108593 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0253336309
ISBN: 9780253336309
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (xxxvi, 226 p.)
Publisher: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2001.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-218) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART ONE: MOTHERS HENRIETTE DELILLE AND JULIETTE GAUDIN; PART TWO: MOTHER JOSEPHINE CHARLES; PART THREE: MOTHER MARIE MAGDALENE ALPAUGH; PART FOUR: MOTHER MARIE CECILIA CAPLA; PART FIVE: MOTHER MARY AUSTIN JO ES; Notes; Index; About the Editors;
Restrictions on Access Note:	Restrictions unspecified
Reproduction Note:	Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
System Details Note:	Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
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Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.