441. Melissa Daggett, part 1

<div>441. Part 1 of our <a href="http://archive.org/download/441-melissa-daggett-part-1/441--Melissa_Daggett--part_1.mp3" target="_blank">discussion</a> with Melissa Daggett about New Orleans spiritualism in the 19^th Century. Please join us when historian Melissa Daggett discusses her book, <i>Spiritualism in Nineteenth-Century New Orleans: The Life and Times of Henry Louis Rey</i>. <span><a name='more'></a></span>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 flourished in the Creole Faubourgs of Tremé and Marigny as well as the American sector of the city. Melissa Daggett focuses on <i>Le Cercle Harmonique</i>, 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.<ol type="a"><li>This week in Louisiana history. October 30, 1938. Lake Charles police receive scores of phone calls following Orson Wells radio broadcast of War of the Worlds. </li><li>This week in New Orleans history. On October 30, 1994, the train called the City of New Orleans departed Chicago with a Superliner II Sightseer Lounge and a coach section made up of only Superliner II coaches, officially ending the Heritage Fleet's tenure. With the delivery of the Superliner II cars also came new diners, providing the City of New Orleans with true dining service. <br /> </li><li>This week in Louisiana. <br /> Join us for <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/halloween-booze-crawl-new-orleans-2021-tickets-9069978