Episode #119- Who Was the Voodoo Queen of New Orleans? (Part II)
Our Fake History
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The Legend of Marie Laveau and Christophe Galapion
Marie Laveau and Christophe Galapion were domestic partners, co-parents. Records show they bought and sold eight slaves over the course of their relationship. Some researchers have found this fact about Marie Laveau particularly hard to understand. She was consistently described as charitable. No one would expect a pair of slave owners of helping free some slaves.
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