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Marianne Celeste Dragon
1777–1856
United States
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Marie Celeste Dragon (1777–1856) was a prominent Creole of color landowner during the Spanish Louisiana period, also known for her portrait by José Francisco Xavier de Salazar y Mendoza. She was the wife of Andrea Dimitry; they were an interracial couple. Dragon passed neither as black or white due to her mixed ancestry.
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