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Marie Laveau: The Slave America Erased From History — The Truth Schools Never Taught

For more than a century, American history books told a sanitized version of the past. They erased the names that made people uncomfortable. Marie Laveau was one of them. Labeled a myth. Branded a legend. Reduced to folklore. But behind the whispers and fear was a real woman whose influence terrified those in power. This documentary uncovers the true story of Marie Laveau — a woman born into a world shaped by slavery, race, religion, and secrecy. While official records minimized her existence, eyewitness accounts and historical fragments reveal how she became one of the most powerful and feared figures in 19th-century America. She was consulted by the enslaved and the elite. Feared by politicians and plantation owners. Protected by communities that history refused to acknowledge. So why was her story never taught in schools? Why were her achievements dismissed as superstition? And who benefited from turning her into a “myth” instead of a human being? This video separates documented history from deliberate erasure, exposing how power, fear, and racism reshaped the narrative — and why Marie Laveau’s true legacy still unsettles America today.