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[Review of The Conjure Woman]

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  • Source Text: Anonymous, "[Review of The Conjure Woman]," Zion's Herald 77 (June 7, 1899): 728.

The Conjure Woman. By Charles W. Chestnutt. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.: Boston and New York. Price, $1.25.

This is a collection of superstitions current among the Negroes in the South. The "conjure woman" plays an important part in each. Uncle Julius, one of the old-time Negroes, is often reminded of something that happened in ante-bellum days, by the sights about him, and tells the tales in his own way to the wife of the author. There is, as might be expected, a sameness to the stories, but many of them are interesting.

  • Cite (Chicago style): Anonymous, "[Review of The Conjure Woman]," The Charles W. Chesnutt Archive, Gen. Ed. Stephanie P. Browner, Matt Cohen, and Kenneth M. Price, accessed November 21, 2024. https://chesnuttarchive.org/item/ccda.rev00074.
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