Reconstruction’s Restless Spirits: New Orleans Séances, Afro-Creole Mediums, and the Battle for Equality
Wishcamper 133 34 Bedford St, PortlandIn the aftermath of the Civil War, Americans turned to the spirit world to make sense of staggering mortal losses and uncertain futures. In New Orleans, Afro-Creole mediums gathered around séance tables to commune with the dead.