| LC control no. | n 00084087 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Delille, Henriette, 1812-1862 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1813-03-11 |
| Death date | 1862-11-16 |
| Place of birth | New Orleans (La.) |
| Place of death | New Orleans (La.) |
| Affiliation | Catholic Church Congregation of the Presentation (Religious order) |
| Profession or occupation | Nuns |
| Found in | Servants to the slaves, 2000: ECIP title page (Henriette Delille) galley (b. 1812-1862) African American National Biography, accessed January 12, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Delille, Henriette; Roman Catholic, clergy, nun, organization founder; born 11 March 1813 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States; organized a religious order, the Congregation of the Presentation (1842) under the Congregation of the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (1836); oversaw the incorporation of small order into the Society of the Holy Family, organizing charitable services for free people of color in New Orleans and becoming the founder of one of only two religious orders accepting free women of color before the Civil War; (1847); died 16 November 1862 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States) |
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