Lhe New Orleans (Louisiana) was one of the high places of the Vodou religion in the United States. Vodou took root in New Orleans in the early 19th century, imported by slaves who followed their French masters fleeing the Haitian Revolution. Just like its Haitian “cousin”, New Orleans voodoo was a syncretism of the Catholic religion, very present in Louisiana, and traditional African religions.
Priestess, Marie Laveau was one of the figures of voodoo in New Orleans. Born free in 1794, Marie Laveau was the daughter of a white planter and a Creole, a term that in Louisiana designated individuals with African, European and Amerindian (Native) origins. In 1819, Marie Laveau married Jacques Paris, a Haitian immigrant who died a year later in troubled circumstances. The young woman then became a hairdresser for wealthy white clients and then a nurse during the yellow fever epidemic that affected the city. It was during this period that Marie Laveau was introduced to medicine and the use of medicinal plants. Few elements of the life of Marie Laveau are known. This was a renowned and feared voodoo priestess. A shrewd businesswoman, she specialized in financial and romantic issues. Marie Laveau became the unofficial wife of Christopher Glapion, a soldier with whom she had 15 children. This type of unofficial marriage between a white man and a woman of color was common in New Orleans, where “interracial” marriages were, however, prohibited.
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Release Date | 2022-02-24T00:00:01Z |
Language | Français |
Number Of Pages | 250 |
Publication Date | 2022-02-24T00:00:01Z |
Format | large format book |