iled ▁from ▁pe op les ▁such ▁as ▁N ago ▁( Y or uba ▁subgroup , ▁although ▁export ed ▁mainly ▁by ▁Spanish , ▁when ▁Louisiana ▁was ▁Spanish ) ▁- , ▁E we , ▁Fon ▁and ▁Gen . ▁Many ▁of ▁the ▁slaves ▁imported ▁to ▁the ▁modern ▁United ▁States ▁from ▁Ben in ▁were ▁sold ▁by ▁the ▁King ▁of ▁D ah ome y , ▁in ▁Wh yd ah . ▁▁▁ ▁The ▁slaves ▁brought ▁with ▁them ▁their ▁cultural ▁practices , ▁languages , ▁cu is ine ▁and ▁religious ▁belief s ▁root ed ▁in ▁spirit ▁and ▁ancest or ▁worship . ▁So , ▁the ▁man ners ▁of ▁the ▁Y or uba , ▁Fon , ▁Gen ▁and ▁E we ▁of ▁Ben in ▁were ▁key ▁elements ▁of ▁Louisiana ▁V ood oo . ▁ ▁Also ▁H ait ians , ▁who ▁migr ated ▁to ▁Louisiana ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁nin ete enth ▁century ▁and ▁also ▁contributed ▁to ▁V ood oo ▁of ▁this ▁state , ▁have ▁the ▁Y or uba ▁and ▁E we ▁as ▁their ▁main ▁orig ins . ▁The ▁Y or uba , ▁and ▁some ▁northern ▁Niger ian ▁eth nic ▁groups , ▁had ▁trib al ▁fa cial ▁identification ▁marks . ▁These ▁could ▁have ▁assist ed ▁a ▁returning ▁slave ▁in ▁re loc ating ▁his ▁or ▁her ▁eth nic ▁group , ▁but ▁few ▁slaves ▁escaped ▁the ▁colon ies . ▁In ▁the ▁colon ies , ▁master s ▁tried ▁to ▁dis su ade ▁the ▁practice ▁of ▁trib al ▁custom s . ▁They ▁also ▁sometimes ▁mixed ▁people ▁of ▁different ▁eth nic ▁groups ▁to ▁make ▁it ▁more ▁difficult ▁for ▁them ▁to ▁communicate