Acknowledgements
Introduction
Timeline of Historical and Literary Events Surrounding New World Slavery, Abolitionism, and Obeah, 1492-1838
A Note on the Text
Obi; or, the History of Three-fingered Jack
Appendix A: Historical Sources on Obeah
- From Benjamin Moseley, A Treatise on Sugar (1799)
- From House of Commons Sessional Papers (1789)
- From Matthew Gregory Lewis, Journal of a West India Proprietor, Kept During a Residence in the Island of Jamaica (1834)
Appendix B: Accounts of Tacky's Rebellion (1760)
- From Edward Long, The History of Jamaica (1774)
- From Bryan Edwards, Observations on the Disposition, Character, Manners, and Habits of Life, of the Maroons (1796)
Appendix C: Literary Treatments of Obeah
- From James Grainger, The Sugar Cane: A Poem. In Four Books (1764)
- John Fawcett, Obi; or,Three-Finger'd Jack: A Serio-Pantomime, in Two Acts (1800)
- From Maria Edgeworth, The Grateful Negro, Popular Tales (1804)
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