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1830–1908 United States

Adolphe Duhart (1830–1908) was a Louisiana Creole writer who wrote fiction, poetry, and plays. He resided in New Orleans, Louisiana, in the mid- to late-19th century.

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Adolphe Duhart in his poem La Pluie as published in The Louisiana Weekly on September 17, 1888, and September 24, 1888.

The city of New Orleans is a city where assassins and thieves are considered to be gentlemen, where policemen wrongly use poor blacks as targets for their revolver, [and] where a stolen pig has more value than the life of any citizen. [English translation of the above text]

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