Ep. 47 Marie Laveau: How the Voodoo Queen of New Orleans helped to forge the city as we know it

This week on History Fix, I have a chat with New Orleans tour guide Tanya de Fazen to uncover the true story of the infamous "Queen of Voodoo" Marie Laveau. Get a look inside the culturally colorful and unique history that has made New Orleans a one of a kind city. Learn why Marie Laveau is closer to a saint than a witch and how her story got so twisted. 

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• Tanya's Facebook
• Tanya's Haunted Pub Crawl
• Tanya's Wicked Women Tour

Sources: 

• Encyclopedia Britannica "Marie Laveau"
• Ghost City Tours "Marie Laveau, the Voodoo Queen of New Orleans"
• JSTOR "The Free People of Color of Pre-Civil War New Orleans"
• History.com "New Orleans"
• National Park Service "American Indians in Louisiana"
• The Historic New Orleans Collection "How did Louisiana become Spanish?"
• Stuff You Missed in History Class "How Marie Laveau Worked"

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