St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans

ID: 5828 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, https://lccn.loc.gov/2017887341. ~ Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston, photographer. ~ Date: ca. 1930

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

St. Louis Cathedral as it looked to Marie Laveau after its reconstruction 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…