The Cameo Necklace

The Cameo Necklace is a Historical Character Mystery that is part of Marie-Grace and Cécile's books.

Characters

From the Central Series

• Cécile Rey
• Aurélia Rey
• Jean-Claude Rey
• Simon Rey
• Armand Rey
• Octavia Tay (mentioned only)
• Mathilde
• Monette Bruiller
• Agnès Metoyer
• Fanny Metoyer
• Monsieur Lejeune

Introduced

• Hannah
• Pierre
• Millie Sawell
• Madame Irène
• Abena
• Caimon
• Philippe

Chapter By Chapter Summary

Looking Back

Discusses the challenges people of color faced during the 1850s. Topics covered:

• The swamps of New Orleans that provided a place of refuge for maroons - fugitive and runaway slaves - to hide from slave catchers
• Communities set up by maroons
• Maroon activities such as trading goods, helping slaves escape, and committing thievery on plantations
• Differing viewpoints on maroons and their activities between slaves, free people of color, slave owners, and the government
• San Malo, a maroon leader publicly hanged by the Spanish government in the 1780s when Louisiana was still under Spanish rule
• Bras-Coupé, a maroon killed by American soldiers and whose corpse was put on display in New Orleans' public square
• The origins of the term "maroon" to describe runaway slaves, from the Spanish word cimarrón to denote runaway livestock
• Maroon communities throughout the American South and Texas, in the Caribbean, and in Central and South America
• Racial tension in the 1850s and threat of enslavement for free people of color caught without carrying legal documentation of their free status
• The Floating Palace, a circus showboat that frequently toured New Orleans during the winter in the 1850s

See Also

• The Hidden Gold