Conjure and Christianity in the Nineteenth Century: Religious Elements in African American Magic
Shortly before the turn of the nineteenth Century, an amateur collector of Negro Spirituals and folklore recounted a conversation that she had had with an unidentified African American clergyman. According to the collector, the clergyman, “one of the most scholarly and noted ministers of the colored...
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Religion and American culture
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