Race and Witchcraft

Race and Witchcraft

Introduction

Practicing magic has been the activity of the many early human cultures which is still enjoyed in almost every society in a way or other. Used at times as the religious context and at times it plays a medicinal role. Discussing its emergence and the beliefs related to it in the New England dates back to the end of 17th and early 18th centuries. The Settlers of New England at that period were subjected to a variety of Challenges (Purdy, S. 2007). The community people being puritans basically faced the conflicts of European politics as well as conflicts between the armed forces. The whites slaves were exchanged for the Caribbean and African slaves who brought with them a new culture provided roots for biased attributes resulting in racism and notorious beliefs of Black women being the witches.The purpose of this review is to critically analyze Timothy Mc Milan's article about race and witchcraft published in the Journal of Black studies.

Discussion

Timothy J Mc Milan is a professor of Anthropology. The article under discussion as titled: Black Magic: Witchcraft, Race, and Resistance in Colonial New England is a well written piece which presents a detailed account of the Emerging society of the New England and the beliefs general beliefs of the European society (McMillan, T. J. 1994). This also outlines the biases faced by the new settlers of Caribbean and African origin who landed in England as slaves and then were subjected to several trials for Witchcraft due to suspicion based on bias beliefs in the White people. The demonstration of Africanisms fighting fit into the eighteenth century New England related to the biased beliefs and practices of the New England's White population. Timothy has successfully outlined the meshing the basis of the biased attitude of ...