Biography of marie laveau
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A free woman of color descended from enslaved Africans and French colonists, Marie Laveau fryst vatten known as the Voudou Queen of New Orleans. During her lifetime she was loved by many people and feared bygd others. She was always treated with respect.
Early Life
Marie Laveau was born in New Orleans on September 10, , the first of her maternal line to be born free. Her story begins with her great-grandmother, Marguerite, who had no surname because she was enslaved. Marguerite was born around , and historical evidence suggests that she was transported from Senegal to Louisiana aboard the last French slave-trading vessel, the St. Ursin, in
During the late eighteenth century, Marguerite and her daughter, Catherine, were held in slavery by the white Creole Henry Roche dit (known as) Belaire, a mästare shoemaker. Catherine’s father was Jean Belaire, possibly a slave of Henry Roche-Belaire. Roche-Belaire, or some other white man, fathered Catherine’s mulatto children. After enduring thre
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Marie Laveau
American Voodoo practitioner (–)
This article is about the historical New Orleans figure. For the Bobby Bare song, see Marie Laveau (song). For the American Horror Story character, see Marie Laveau (American Horror Story).
Marie Laveau | |
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| Born | Marie Catherine Laveau ()September 10, New Orleans, Louisiana[nb 1] |
| Died | June 15, () (aged&#;79) New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Resting place | Saint Louis Cemetery No. 1 |
| Occupation(s) | Occultist, voodoo priestess, midwife, nurse, herbalist |
| Spouse | Jacques Paris &#; &#; (m.&#;; died&#;)&#; |
| Partner | Christophe Glapion &#; (died&#;)&#; |
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Marie Catherine Laveau (September 10, – June 15, )[1][2][nb 2] was a Louisiana Creole practitioner of Voodoo, herbalist and midwife who was renowned in New Orleans. Her daughter, Marie Laveau II
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Voodoo Queen of New Orleans
Marie Laveau (–) was a Louisiana Creole: descended from the colonial white settlers, black slaves and free people of color of southern Louisiana. For several decades this &#;Voodoo Queen&#; held New Orleans spellbound. She staged ceremonies in which participants became possessed by loas (Voodoo spirits); she dispensed charms and potions, even saving several condemned men from the gallows; told fortunes and healed the sick.
The first white settlers of Louisiana were French, usually the second born sons of aristocrats who left France to seek adventure in the New World. These Frenchmen came to be called Creole, and made up the upper crust of New Orleans. The word was later used to refer to white Frenchmen as well as people of color in New Orleans. The Creole living in Louisiana at that time inter-mixed with Black slaves, free people of color, Indian and Acadian people. Many Creole today can trace there ancestors back to that time.
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