Signed manuscript letter: Obeah witchcraft - Spells and healing rare primary source testimony by a pioneering missionary in Demerara 1840s colonial Guyana
Signed manuscript letter: Obeah witchcraft - Spells and healing rare primary source testimony by a pioneering missionary in Demerara 1840s colonial Guyana
Signed manuscript letter: Obeah witchcraft - Spells and healing rare primary source testimony by a pioneering missionary in Demerara 1840s colonial Guyana
Date(s)
April 30, 1868 (Production)
Importance matérielle
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
"Bristol, 30 April 1868. Manuscript letter dealing entirely with Obeahism, a form of sorcery, witnessed in 1844 in Demerara [present day Guyana], featuring first-hand gleanings and a personal testimony by the writer, Daniel French, a missionary who had served in the West Indies colony in the 1840s with renowned pioneer missionary and reverend Leonard Strong." –Description by Voyager Press Rare Books & Manuscripts
