The Cameo Necklace is a Historical Character Mystery that is part of Marie-Grace and Cécile's books.
Contents
- 1 Characters
- 2 Chapter By Chapter Summary
- 2.1 Chapter One: A Night at the Circus
- 2.2 Chapter Two: Confusion on the Wharf
- 2.3 Chapter Three: Uncle Henry's Last Gift
- 2.4 Chapter Four: Back to the Floating Palace
- 2.5 Chapter Five: Close Call
- 2.6 Chapter Six: An Unexpected Invitation
- 2.7 Chapter Seven: The French Market
- 2.8 Chapter Eight: Troubling Questions
- 2.9 Chapter Nine: Hunters and Lions
- 2.10 Chapter Ten: Miss Millie
- 2.11 Chapter Eleven: Agnès's Surprise
- 2.12 Chapter Twelve: Message in Congo Square
- 2.13 Chapter Thirteen: Chase
- 2.14 Chapter Fourteen: Hannah's Secret
- 2.15 Chapter Fifteen: Shadows in the Night
- 2.16 Looking Back
- 2.17 Glossary of French Words
- 3 See Also
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
Chapter By Chapter Summary
Chapter One: A Night at the Circus
Chapter Two: Confusion on the Wharf
Chapter Three: Uncle Henry's Last Gift
Chapter Four: Back to the Floating Palace
Chapter Five: Close Call
Chapter Six: An Unexpected Invitation
Chapter Seven: The French Market
Chapter Eight: Troubling Questions
Chapter Nine: Hunters and Lions
Chapter Ten: Miss Millie
Chapter Eleven: Agnès's Surprise
Chapter Twelve: Message in Congo Square
Chapter Thirteen: Chase
Chapter Fourteen: Hannah's Secret
Chapter Fifteen: Shadows in the Night
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
