442. Melissa Daggett, part 2

442. Part 2 of our interview with Melissa Daggett about New Orleans spiritualism. Please join us when historian Melissa Daggett discusses her book, Spiritualism in Nineteenth-Century New Orleans: The Life and Times of Henry Louis Rey. 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 séance circles ourished in the Creole Faubourgs of Tremé and Marigny as well as the American sector of the city. Melissa Daggett focuses on Le Cercle Harmonique, the francophone séance 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.

1. This week in Louisiana history. November 6, 2014. Republican Rep. Bill Cassidy defeated Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu denying her a fourth term as US Senator.
2. This week in New Orleans history. Filming of Benjamin Button began on November 6, 2006, in New Orleans.
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
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   November 07, 2021 - November 06, 2021
   1310 Army Recreation Rd
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   Postcards from Louisiana. A Cajun band plays "Bayou Pon Pon."

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