“Savages and Sable Subjects”: White Fear, Racism, and the Demonization of Creole Voodoo in New Orleans in the 19th Century
Date
Oct 29 2022
Time
11:40 AM - 1:0 PM
This presentation will discuss the presence of Creole Voodoo and an emerging free and slave Creole culture in the wake of the Haitian Revolution and how whites sought to demonize Creole Voodoo out of fear of a slave uprising.