Unit 7
Grades 9-10
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Obeah: Criminalized for Two Centuries, Practiced Anyway
Obeah, a broad term describing African-derived spiritual practice across the Anglophone Caribbean, was first formally criminalized in Jamaica in 1760, as part of a sweeping law passed in direct response to Tacky's Rebellion, the largest uprising of enslaved people in the…
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