Marie Laveau
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Marie Catherine Laveau was a Louisiana Creole practitioner of Voodoo, a herbalist, and a midwife who was renowned in New Orleans. Her daughter, Marie Laveau II, also practiced rootwork, conjure, and N
Plaque at the grave of Louisiana Voodoo Queen, Marie Laveau
The mausoleum where Marie Laveau is said to be interred, in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 1
Portrait of a Free Woman of Color
Free Woman of Color, New Orleans
Gris-gris (talisman)
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A gris-gris is a talisman that originated in the Muslim Mande communities of Far West Africa and is believed to protect the wearer from evil or bring luck. Due to Atlantic slavery, the use of the gris
Marie Laveau
…women to enhance her image as a clairvoyant, and used this intelligence to give them practical advice. She also made money by selling her clients gris gris as charms to help their wishes come true. Robert Tallant, a writer for the 1930s Federal Writes Project, reported that Laveau taught enslaved people…
A West African Tuareg gris-gris
A petition paper with a verse from the Quran is placed inside a gris-gris (mojo bag) made by enslaved West African Muslims in the Americas.