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Author   LinkYoung, Jason R.
Title   LinkRituals of resistance : African Atlantic religion in Kongo and the lowcountry South in the era of slavery / Jason R. Young.
Imprint   LinkBaton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2007.
Descr.   xii, 258 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
 
Library Info   Stacks BR563.N4 Y683 2007 Regular Loan 
External   File Extension: urlTable of contents only 
 
Bibliogr.   Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-252) and index.
Contents   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.
Abstract   Explores the religious and ritual practices that linked West-Central Africa with the Lowcountry region of Georgia and South Carolina during the era of slavery.
 
Subject   LinkAfricans -- South Carolina -- Religion.
  LinkAfricans -- Georgia -- Religion.
  LinkCongo (Democratic Republic) -- Religion.
  LinkAmerica -- Civilization -- African influences.
  LinkAfrican diaspora.
  LinkAfricans -- Migrations.
Copies   Stacks - BR563.N4 Y683 2007
Sys. no.   000585765
 
Holdings   All items