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

Because of its diversity and openness to new cultures and religions, New Orleans provided fertile ground to nurture Spiritualism. Melissa Daggett focuses on Le Cercle Harmonique, the francophone séance circle of Henry Louis Rey (1831-1894), a Creole of colour who was a key civil rights activist, author, and Civil War and Reconstruction leader.