Witchcraft, witchdoctors, and empire: The proscription and prosecution of African spiritual practices in British Atlantic colonies, 1760-1960s

• Main Author: Boaz, Danielle N
• Format: Dissertation
• Language: English
• Published: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses 01.01.2014
• Subjects: History; Law; Religion

Starting in the mid-eighteenth century in the Caribbean and the mid-nineteenth century in Africa, the British passed laws which criminalized certain African spiritual and medico-religious rituals in their colonies. In the Caribbean colonies, these practices were proscribed as "obeah" and i...