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Episode #118- Who Was the Voodoo Queen of New Orleans? (Part I)

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The Contribution of Black and Mixed Raised People to the American South

Depending on which paper you read, you got a very different impression of who Marie Luevo was. The most glowing obituary portrayed her as a devout Catholic and nurse to the sick. Interestingly, the pickyoon obit never once used the word voodoo. If your only information aboutMarie Luevo came from that report, you might never assume she was one of the city's most famous voodoo priestesses.

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