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Nineteenth-century New Orleans was a diverse city. The French-speaking Catholic Creoles, whether black, white, or racially mixed -- so different from the city's English-speaking residents -- inspired intense curiosity and speculation. But none of the city's inhabitants evoked as much wonder as did the Sisters of the Holy Family, whose mission was to evangelize slaves and free people of color and to care for the poor, sick, and elderly.These women, whose community still thrives, are portrayed in

African American women. --- African Americans --- Nuns --- Christianity --- Religion --- Philosophy & Religion --- Sisters (in religious orders, congregations, etc.) --- Afro-Americans --- Black Americans --- Colored people (United States) --- Negroes --- Christians --- Monasticism and religious orders for women --- Africans --- Ethnology --- Blacks --- Black people --- Sisters of the Holy Family (New Orleans, La.) --- Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family (New Orleans, La.)