She come walkin’ into Congo Sq. wit’ her head up in the air like a queen. Her skirts swished when she walked, and everybody step back to let her pass. All the people—white and colored—start sayin’ that’s the most powerful woman there is (FWP: folio 25).
About Marie LaVeaux -voodoo queen
From: Heritage of Power: Marie LaVeaux to Mary Ellen Pleasant by Susheel Bibbs
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