Voodoo

be sold to plantation owners. In 1782 the governor of Louisiana prohibited the importation of blacks from the West Indies because he saw them to be steeped in Voodooism and threatening to his citizens' safety. He set out to outlaw the practice of Voodoo fearing that it's evil would serve as a rallying point for slave uprising, especially as white colonists were greatly outnumbered by those they held in bondage. It was not until the successors of James Monroe had concluded the purchase of…

. While voodoo was certainly not the only religion of slaves, it influenced many beliefs and melded with other religions to form unique cultural traditions. It underwent subtle transformations as it crossed the Atlantic with the slaves from Africa and encountered Christianity. Just as slavery was influenced by voodoo, the belief system was also altered by slavery itself as followers adapted its ideas into essential tools which they used in their daily struggles. Although the true measure of its…

One of the greatest examples of voodoo is from the American Horror Story. In episode four there was a scene where a boy died so one of the women did some black magic voodoo to raise the dead. After she does that she commands them to kill the people that were involved in killing the boy. This brings us back to the idea are zombies real. Both voodoo and black magic are a part of a religoes based consept and to people that believe in these formes…

Voodoo zombies are a very interesting type of zombie it’s not your typical flesh eating zombie. Voodoo zombies are a person who has died and, has risen from the grave and is doomed to spend the rest of eternity as a slave of the living. These zombies suffer zombie powder the tool used for zombification the toxin temporarily paralyzes the human nervous system, creating a state of extreme hibernation with the vital organs functioning at minimal levels. Voodoo zombies show emotion suffering from…

Marie Laveau is an important figure in Louisiana Voodoo, a religion largely formed from Western African religion and various cultures from the area (including Spanish and French) (Nickell). Among fifteen Voodoo Queens in New Orleans during the 1800s, Laveau is the most prominent and the most noteworthy (Nickell). She was born free in 1794 to a Creole woman and a white man (Nickell). Much of Marie Laveau’s life is uncertain as a great amount of legend surrounds the icon. It is believed that she…

Transitioning into modern culture, Voodoo is still seen by the dominant American culture and Europe as sinful and threatening. It was perceived as fraudulent, but during the late twentieth century, concerns over fraudulence began to subside and Voodoo was received as more of a social tourist commodity and possible jackpot for commercial profiteering. During the beginning of the 21st century, there has been a new recognition of Voodoo as an accredited religion; one place that fits the bill is New…

New Orleans had been founded in 1718 where slaves were the first people to believe and introduce the religion of Voodoo. Many colonists fled to New Orleans and from there new arrivals of Voodoo began to develop. Slaves were the first people to believe in Voodoo because soon after New Orleans was founded there were slave camps near New Orleans that were established in swamps, where they were beaten and hurt until their death. Slaves who were strong enough to get through the beating and hurt were…

Joe Nickell’s article “Voodoo in New Orleans” described a history of Voodoo and its origins. Nickell explained how Voodoo originates from Haitian folk beliefs and contains various rituals and religious beliefs of Africans. He wrote about how a part of Voodoo is worshiping “supernatural entities” (Nickells 15) also known as loa. He also explained that Voodoo was spread to New Orleans after the Haitian Slave Revolt when there was a significant increase of Haitian people immigrating to the states.…

I did some reading on Voodoo as I didn’t know much about it. Benin is a country in West Africa known as "the cradle of Voodoo". This is the birthplace of the ancient practice of Voodoo, which is also known as Vodun, the country’s national religion. Its beliefs were exported along with the slaves to Haiti, the Caribbean and Brazil and the religion was distorted by Hollywood. Sticking pins in dolls were once used as a method of cursing an individual by some followers of Vodun in New Orleans; this…

The main religions found in Haiti are Voodoo and Roman Catholicism. Voodoo is a religion that is a modified form of Catholicism and they worshipped the black God. It has combinations of African beliefs with Catholicism. A few people practice both religions. People referred to this as diabolical. Its believers suggest prayers and do numerous religious ceremonies focused at God and other spirits. They call it “serving the spirits” or “LOA”. Voodoo was developed in the 17th Century among…