Archival Irruptions: Constructing Religion and Criminalizing Obeah in Eighteenth-Century Jamaica

Katharine Gerbner traces how British colonial authorities in mid-eighteenth-century Jamaica came to criminalize Obeah, a religious practice held by enslaved Africans.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Gerbner, Katharine
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Duke University Press 2025
Subjects:	Caribbean slavery African Diaspora Christianity, Moravian missions Jamaica Afro-Moravian Obeah Afro-Caribbean Thomas Thistlewood George Caries Christian Heinrich Rauch Tacky’s Revolt
Online Access:	ONIX_20251010T145111_9781478094364_3
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