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New Orleans Voudou Priestess

New Orleans Voudou Priestess

Current price: $35.00
Publication Date: October 1st, 2007
Publisher:
University Press of Florida
ISBN:
9780813056487
Pages:
336
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Description

Legendary for an unusual combination of spiritual power, beauty, charisma, showmanship, intimidation, and shrewd business sense, Marie Leveau also was known for her kindness and charity, nursing yellow fever victims and ministering to condemned prisoners, and her devotion to the Roman Catholic Church. In separating verifiable fact from semi-truths and complete fabrication, Carolyn Morrow Long explores the unique social, political, and legal setting in which the lives of Laveau's African and European ancestors became intertwined in nineteenth-century New Orleans.