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Barcode30053003821892
Home LocationParis-Bourbon
Call No133.43089 STEW
Title The conjuring of America : mojos, mermaids, medicine, and 400 years of Black women's magic / Lindsey Stewart.
Author Stewart, Lindsey author. (Lindsey L.),
CollectionNEW: Adult 100-199
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 Paris-Bourbon30053003821892133.43089 STEW1/23/2026 Available

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Personal Name Stewart, Lindsey author. (Lindsey L.),
Title Statement The conjuring of America : mojos, mermaids, medicine, and 400 years of Black women's magic / Lindsey Stewart.
Edition Statement First edition.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice New York : Legacy Lit, 2025.
Physical Description xi, 388 pages ; 24 cm
Content Type text rdacontent
Media Type unmediated rdamedia
Carrier Type volume rdacarrier
Bibliography, Etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-335) and index.
Summary, Etc. "Emerging first on plantations in the American South, enslaved conjure women used their magic to treat illnesses. These women combined their ancestral spiritual beliefs from West Africa with local herbal rituals and therapeutic remedies to create conjure, forging a secret well of health and power hidden to their oppressors and many of the modern-day staples we still enjoy. ... Black feminist philosopher Lindsey Stewart exposes this vital contour of American history. In the face of slavery, Negro mammies fashioned a legacy of magic that begat herbal experts, fearsome water bearers, and powerful mojos--roles and traditions that for centuries have been passed down to respond to Black struggles in real time. And when Jim Crow was born, Granny Midwives and textile weavers leveled their techniques to protect our civil and reproductive rights, while Candy Ladies fed a generation of freedom crusaders. ... Above all, The Conjuring of America is a love letter to the magic Black women used to sow messages of rebellion, freedom, and hope"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Magic History. United States
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term African American inventors.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term New products.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term African American women social reformers.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Women, Black United States.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term African American women healers.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Enslaved women United States.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term African American magic History. United States
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Herbs Therapeutic use History. United States

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