Spiritualism in Nineteenth-Century New Orleans The Life and Times of Henry Louis Rey

Name: Spiritualism in Nineteenth-Century New Orleans The Life and Times of Henry Louis Rey
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ISBN: 9781496810113

ISBN-10: 1496810112

ISBN-13: 9781496810113

Edition: 2017

Authors: Melissa Daggett

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Modern American Spiritualism blossomed in the 1850s and continued as a viable faith into the 1870s. Because of its diversity and openness to new cultures and religions, New Orleans provided fertile ground to nurture Spiritualism, and many s#65533;ance circles flourished in the Creole Faubourgs of Trem#65533; and Marigny as well as the American sector of the city. Melissa Daggett focuses on Le Cercle Harmonique, the francophone s#65533;ance circle of Henry Louis Rey (1831–1894), a Creole of color who was a key civil rights activist, author, and Civil War and Reconstruction leader. His life has so far remained largely in the shadows of New Orleans history, partly due to a language barrier.…

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List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2017
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Publication date: 12/2/2016
Binding: E-Book
Pages: 208
Language: English