"The city of New Orleans is a city where les assassins et les voleurs sont considérés comme des gentlemen, où les policemen prennent, à tort et à travers, de pauvres noirs comme de points de cible pour leur revolver, où un cochon volé a plus de valeur que la vie de n’importe quel citoyen. [original French text]."
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Adolphe Duhart in his poem La Pluie as published in The Louisiana Weekly on September 17, 1888, and September 24, 1888.
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Adolphe Duhart
1830 – 1908
Adolphe Duhart (1830–1908) was a Louisiana Creole writer who wrote fiction, poetry, and plays. He resided in New Orleans, Louisiana, in the mid- to late-19th century. His writing was in the French language. Typical themes for Duhart were describing the difficulties of the three caste system in New Orleans at the time, the castes being white people, slaves, and free people of color. He also wrote about feminism and parenthood. At times, he was directly critical of the culture in New Orleans in th
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