Our History, Our People

ID: 6466 ~ Source: “Nos hommes et notre histoire : notices biographiques accompagnées de reflexions et de souvenirs personnels : hommage à la population créole, en souvenir des grands hommes qu'elle a produits et des bonnes choses qu'elle a accomplies / par R.-L. Desdunes,” The Historic New Orleans Collection, Permanent Collection, https://catalog.hnoc.org/web/arena/search#/entity/thnoc-archive/59-110-L/nos-hommes-et-notre-histoire-%3A-notices-biographiques-accompagnees-de-reflexions-et-de-souvenirs-personnels-%3A-hommage-a-la-population-creole%2C-en-souvenir-des-grands-hommes-quelle-a-produits-et-des-bonnes-choses-quelle-a-accomplies-%2F-par-r.-l.-desdunes.

This file appears in: Rodolphe and Daniel Desdunes

In 1911, Desdunes published a book translated to “Our History, Our People,” in English. The work provides biographies of Creoles of colors in New Orleans, including his colleagues, and covers their philosophies about public rights.

This file appears in: Rodolphe and Daniel Desdunes

Rodolphe and Daniel Desdunes

By Connie Dorsey Abdul-Salaam and Jason Van, edited by Jessica Dauterive and Lauren Smith

Born in New Orleans in 1849, Rodolphe Desdunes actively participated in the city’s Creole social and political scene, eventually co-founding the Comité des Citoyens (Citizens’ Committee) in 1891. As the son of Pierre Feremie Desdunes, of Haitian…