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Congo Square in New OrleansJerah Johnson

Vodou, Hoodoo & African Diasporic Religions

Congo Square in New Orleans

by Jerah Johnson

A short historical study of the square where enslaved and free Africans gathered to dance and trade in early New Orleans. Johnson traces the site's legal and social history and separates documented evidence from later romantic accounts.

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