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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Main Author: Chireau, Yvonne Patricia 1961- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge University Press 1997
In: Religion and American culture
Year: 1997, Volume: 7, Issue: 2, Pages: 225-246
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