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Appendix 2. Non-English Dialects in America. 2. French. Mencken, H.L. 1921. The American Language (753 words) |
 | The French dialect spoken by the Creoles and their colored retainers in Louisiana has been extensively studied, 14 as has the dialect of the French West Indies. |
| French rule in Louisiana, and some of this literature is still preserved, though the French-speaking population of the state is rapidly diminishing, and New Orleans is now a thoroughly American city. |
| Curiously enough, nearly the whole of it was produced, not during the days of French rule, but after the American occupation in 1803. |
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French colonization of the Americas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1460 words) |
| French colonization of the Americas began in the 16th Century, and continued as France established a colonial empire in the 17th century. |
| The French were also responsible for the settlement of the nation of Haiti, the nation which shares the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic, as well as the islands of Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. |
| However, Guadeloupe is unique in these French colonies because slaves gained independence for a brief period from 1795 (due to pressures by the French Revolution, the convention in Paris performed this task and sent Victor Hugues to implement the new law) to the reinstatement of the institution of slavery by Bonaparte in 1802. |
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