Treme

Faubourg Treme. Born from the immigration that followed the Haitian revolution of the early 1800s and named for French milliner and property owner Claude Treme, the neighborhood became an entertainment center where white and black Creoles gathered. The wave of Haitian refugees added to a New Orleans that was already a mix of French, Spanish and African-American culture, with … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: Historic Black Neighborhoods