Newspaper description of Congo Square, New Orleans

ID: 5823 ~ Source: Times-Picayune. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Congo_Square_Newspaper_1848.jpg ~ Date: 1849

This file appears in: The Spirit: Marie Laveau & Congo Square

Newspaper description of Congo Square, New Orleans

This file appears in: The Spirit: Marie Laveau & Congo Square

The Spirit: Marie Laveau & Congo Square

By August Darbonne & Kathryn O'Dwyer, editor

While Marie Laveau worshipped at Catholic Mass in St. Louis Cathedral, she likely practiced Vodou at Congo Square. While no official documents place Laveau at Congo Square, many eyewitness accounts reported seeing her there. Congo Square is an…