Marianne Celeste Dragon
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Marie Celeste Dragon (1777-1856) was a wealthy creole slave owner, known for her portrait by José Francisco Xavier de Salazar y Mendoza. She was the wife of Andrea Dimitry. They were an interracial couple. She was one of the most influential women in creole New Orleans history. Dragon was a black woman who passed as white. She was of Greek-French and African descent. Several incidents occurred in her life dealing with racial inequality and the creole community.
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Marianne Celeste Dragon
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Marianne Celeste Dragon
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Marianne Celeste Dragon
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1856-04-22
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New Orleans
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1777-03-01
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A Black woman wearing a fur stole over a dress with a collar, and a cameo pinned to the front
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1777-03-01
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Marianne Celeste Dragon, 1795
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Entrepreneur
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Marie Celeste Dragon (1777-1856) was a wealthy creole slave owner, known for her portrait by José Francisco Xavier de Salazar y Mendoza. She was the wife of Andrea Dimitry. They were an interracial couple. She was one of the most influential women in creole New Orleans history. Dragon was a black woman who passed as white. She was of Greek-French and African descent. Several incidents occurred in her life dealing with racial inequality and the creole community. She has been featured in countless articles. Her likeness is representative of the creole community. She was on the cover of the book Exiles at Home The Struggle to Become American in Creole New Orleans by Shirley Elizabeth Thompson. Two of her creole children attended Georgetown. Her son Alexander Dimitry was the first person of color to attend Georgetown University and the first person of color to become a U.S. Ambassador. He was Ambassador to Costa Rica and Nicaragua. Her first daughter Euphrosyne married Paul Pandely. Paul's mother Elizabeth English are claimed to be a member of the English royal House of Stuart. Paul's father was of Greek descent.
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