Mother Leafy Anderson (1887–1927)was born in Wisconsin in the 19th century.[1] She was a Spiritualist, and her mediumship included contact with the spirit of the Native American war chief Black Hawk, who lived in Illinois and Wisconsin, Anderson's home state.[1][2]
She was the founder of the African American Spiritual Church movement in New Orleans, Louisiana in the 1920s.[1][2] The church she founded in New Orleans featured traditional "Spirit Guides" in worship services, with a mixture of Protestant and Catholic Christian iconography,[2] as well as special services and hymns that honored the spirit of Black Hawk.[1] Her successor, Catherine Seals, led the church until it fractured,[1] giving rise to a multiplicity of Spiritualist denominations in New Orleans. These denominations and independent Spiritualist churches are known today as the "Spiritual Church Movement."[2]
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- ^ a b c d e Jason Berry (1995). The Spirit of Blackhawk: a Mystery of Africans and Indians. University Press of Mississippi.
- ^ a b c d Jacobs, Andrew J. (1991). The Spiritual Churches of New Orleans Origins, Beliefs, and Rituals of an African-American Religion. The University of Tennessee Press. ISBN 1-57233-148-8.
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