Creole CrossingsThe character of the Creole womanthe descendant of settlers or slaves brought up on the colonial frontieris a familiar one in nineteenth century French, British, and American literature. In Creole Crossings, Carolyn Vellenga Berman examines the use of this recurring figure in such canonical novels as Jane Eyre, Uncle Tom's Cabin, and Indiana, as well as in the antislavery discourse of the period. "Creole" in its etymological sense means "brought up