Signares were black and mulatto Senegalese women who had an influence via their marriage with European men and their patrimony. These women of color managed...
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The signares owned ships and property and commanded male clerks. They were also famous for cultivating fashion and entertainment. One such signare, Anne...
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A signature (/ˈsɪɡnɪtʃər, ˈsɪɡnətʃər/; from Latin: signare, "to sign") is a handwritten (and often stylized) depiction of someone's name, nickname, or...
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freely, no man bidding, bore. ante Iouem nulli subigebant arua coloni ne signare quidem aut partiri limite campum fas erat; in medium quaerebant, ipsaque...
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people (United States) Marriage à la façon du pays Morganatic marriage Signare Tobacco brides Aslakson, Kenneth (2012). "The 'Quadroon-Plaçage' Myth of...
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based on her interviews in 1927 with Cudjoe Lewis Seasoning (slavery) Signare Atlantic Creole House of Slaves Collins English Dictionary. HarperCollins...
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century to one of a class wealthy, colonial, Senegalese woman trader (the Signares), Anne Pépin or Anna Colas Pépin. Researchers argue that while the houseowner...
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Anne Pépin (category Signare)
capital of Senegal from Saint Louts to Gorée. Pépin held the designation of signare, a prestigious social and economic designation for women who formed partnerships...
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Christian Jacob Protten Carl Christian Reindorf Africa portal Gold Coast Signare Atlantic Creole Americo-Liberians Sierra Leone Creole people "Gold Coast...
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Caty Louette (category Signare)
African signare-mistress Caty de Rufisque of Gorée. Her mother was perhaps the first Gorée-signare who is documented. Louette became the signare-consort...
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