Voodoos and Obeahs: Phases of West India Witchcraft
- ISBN-10
- 1465516956
- ISBN-13
- 9781465516954
- Series
- Voodoos and Obeahs
- Category
- Blacks
- Pages
- 257
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1933
- Publisher
- Library of Alexandria
- Author
- Joseph John Williams
Description
This brings us to Richard F. Burton of Arabian Nights fame, who, writing in 1864, more than a century and a quarter after the event, thus details the debacle of the over-trustful devotees of the serpent-god at Whydah.
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