Signed manuscript letter: Obeah witchcraft - Spells and healing rare primary source testimony by a pioneering missionary in Demerara 1840s colonial Guyana

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Signed manuscript letter: Obeah witchcraft - Spells and healing rare primary source testimony by a pioneering missionary in Demerara 1840s colonial Guyana

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  • April 30, 1868 (Vervaardig)

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"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

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