Earle,William (Author) and Aravamudan,Srinivas (Author)
Format:
Book, Whole
Publication Date:
2005
Published:
Orchard Park, NY: Broadview Press
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
255 p, "Three-fingered Jack," the protagonist of this 1800 novel, is based on the escaped slave and Jamaican folk hero Jack Mansong, who was believed to have gained his strength from the Afro-Caribbean religion of obeah, or "obi"--P.[4] of cover