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Marie Catherine Laveau (September 10, 1801 – June 15, 1881) [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 (1827 – c. 1862 ), also practiced rootwork , conjure, Native American and African spiritualism as well as Louisiana Voodoo and ...
The Laveau-Glapion family lived in the original French section of New Orleans, now known as the Vieux Carré or French Quarter, in a cottage on St. Ann Street between Rampart and Burgundy. It was built around 1798 by Marie's grandmother, Catherine Henry, but after they moved in the property became legally owned by de Glapion.
Marie Laveau (also spelled Leveau, Laveaux), known as the voodoo queen of New Orleans, was born between 1795 and 1801 as the daughter of a mulatto business owner, Charles Leveaux, and his mixed Black and Native American placée Marguerite Darcantel (or D'Arcantel).
The portrait was historically known as Portrait of Marie Laveau as it was presumed to depict Louisiana Voodoo priestess Marie Laveau. Long thought to be lost, the painting resurfaced in 2022 when it was sold at auction for US$984,000. The three-quarter painting shows an unknown free Creole of color woman wearing a multicolor tignon and a red shawl.
The term Octoroon is used for people in New Orleans in the nineteenth century that were 1/8 Black and 7/8 white. These octoroons were known as Creoles of color. Relationships between octoroons and elite Creoles of New Orleans were prohibited, but young men commonly had strong attractions to octoroon women because of their beauty. Because of ...
The post AMERICAN HORROR STORY: COVEN’s Marie Laveau Is a Supreme Witch appeared first on Nerdist. AHS: Coven's Marie Laveau, portrayed by Angela Bassett, sets a high standard for Black witches ...
Antonio de Sedella, OFMCap (1748 – 19 January 1829) was a Spanish Capuchin friar who served as the leading religious authority of the Catholic Church in New Orleans, Louisiana, during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Commonly called "Père Antoine", he has become a noted figure in the culture of the city.
Latour was a disciple of Voodoo practitioner Marie Laveau. [1] After Laveau's death in 1881, Latour was one of several women variously reported to be Laveau's successor. [4] In Herbert Asbury's 1936 book The French Quarter, Asbury describes Latour and indicates she was about thirty years old when she was named as Laveau's successor.