Author: Orleans Parish (La.). Civil District CourtPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wills
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
General Index of All Successions, Emancipations, Interdictions and Partition Proceedings
Author: Orleans Parish (La.). Civil District CourtPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wills
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
General Index of All Successions, Emancipations, Interdictions and Partition Proceedings
Author: Orleans Parish (La.). Civil District CourtPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wills
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
General Index of All Successions, Emancipations, Interdictions and Partition Proceedings, Opened in the Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans, Louisiana
Author: Orleans Parish (La.). Civil District CourtPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wills
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography
Author: A New Orleans Voudou Priestess
Author: Carolyn Morrow LongPublisher: University Press of Florida
ISBN: 0813040809
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 539
Book Description
Against the backdrop of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century New Orleans, A New Orleans Voudou Priestess: The Legend and Reality of Marie Laveau disentangles the complex threads of the legend surrounding the famous Voudou priestess. According to mysterious, oft-told tales, Laveau was an extraordinary celebrity whose sorcery-fueled influence extended widely from slaves to upper-class whites. Some accounts claim that she led the "orgiastic" Voudou dances in Congo Square and on the shores of Lake Pontchartrain, kept a gigantic snake named Zombi, and was the proprietress of an infamous house of assignation. Though legendary for an unusual combination of spiritual power, beauty, charisma, showmanship, intimidation, and shrewd business sense, she 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. The true story of Marie Laveau, though considerably less flamboyant than the legend, is equally compelling. In separating verifiable fact from semi-truths and complete fabrication, Long explores the unique social, political, and legal setting in which the lives of Marie Laveau's African and European ancestors became intertwined. Changes in New Orleans engendered by French and Spanish rule, the Louisiana Purchase, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and Jim Crow segregation affected seven generations of Laveau's family, from enslaved great-grandparents of pure African blood to great-grandchildren who were legally classified as white. Simultaneously, Long examines the evolution of New Orleans Voudou, which until recently has been ignored by scholars.
Dictionary Catalog of the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library, 1911-1971
Author: New York Public Library. Research LibrariesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: American & British Genealogy & Heraldry
Author: Publisher: Boston : New England Historic Genealogical Society
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 764
Book Description
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
Author: Louisiana