"The Cathedral New Orleans 1842"

ID: 5821 ~ Source: Image courtesy of The Historic New Orleans Collection, Bequest of Richard Koch, 1971.32. ~ Creator: Jules Lion, Lithographer; J. Manouvrier & Co., Printer

This file appears in: The Church: Marie Laveau at St. Louis Cathedral

St. Louis Cathedral as it appeared to Marie Laveau prior to the construction of the modern Cathedral in 1850.

This file appears in: The Church: Marie Laveau at St. Louis Cathedral

The Church: Marie Laveau at St. Louis Cathedral

By August Darbonne & Kathryn O'Dwyer, editor

Marie Laveau was born September 10, 1801, to Marguerite Darcantel and Charles Laveaux, both free people of color. New Orleans had a sizable population of free people of color, due in part to Spanish colonial law that allowed enslaved people to save…