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the george gund foundation imprint in african american studies The George Gund Foundation has endowed this imprint to advance understanding of the history,culture,and current issues ofAfrican Americans. The publisher gratefully acknowledges the generous contribution to this book provided by the African American Studies Endowment Fund of the University of California Press Associates, which is supported by a major gift from the George Gund Foundation. Black Magic Black Magic Religion and the African American Conjuring Tradition Yvonne P. Chireau UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS Berkeley . Los Angeles . London Frontispiece:Chloe Russell, an early black American entrepreneur and writer of a book on the magical arts.Chloe Rusel[l], The Compleat Fortuneteller (n.d.),courtesy of the Boston Athenaeum. University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California University of California Press, Ltd. London, England ©2003 by the Regents of the University of California An earlier version of Chapter 1 was published as “Conjure and Christianity in the Nineteenth Century: Religious Elements in African American Magic,” in Religion and American Culture 7, no. 2, Summer 1997. ©1997 by the Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture. Reprinted by permission of the University of California Press. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Chireau, Yvonne Patricia, 1961– Black magic : religion and the African American conjuring tradition / Yvonne P. Chireau. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn0-520-20987-7 (alk. paper) 1. African Americans—Religion. I. Title. BR563 .N4 C5 2003 291.3'2'08996073—dc21 2002151315 Manufactured in the United States of America 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 The paper used in this publication is both acid-free andtotally chlorine-free (TCF). It meets the minimum requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48–1992 (R1997) (Permanence of Paper). To my family
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