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Young, Jason R.

Rituals of resistance African Atlantic religion in Kongo and the lowcountry South in the era of slavery / [electronic resource] : Jason R. Young. - Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2007. - xii, 258 p. : ill., maps.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-252) and index.

Kongo in the lowcountry -- Saline sacraments, water ritual, and the spirits of the deep : Christian conversion in Kongo and along the sea islands of the deep South -- Minkisi, conjure bags, and the African Atlantic religious complex -- Burial markers and other remembrances of the dead.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Africans--Religion.--South Carolina
Africans--Religion.--Georgia
African diaspora.
Africans--Migrations.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Religion.
America--Civilization--African influences.

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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: BR563.N4 / Y683 2007eb

Dewey Class. No.: 305.896/009