Hoodoo is simply the Mid-Atlantic variant of the magics practiced by
enslaved Africans throughout Mid-Atlantic and Southern America.  You're
probably more familiar with the terms "voodoo" or "voudoun".  For more
information you can check Wikipedia, which for once seems to have it right:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoodoo

On 8/24/06, Carl Steen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> In a message dated 8/24/2006 9:05:28 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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> The  ongoing Archaeology in Annapolis (Maryland) program have begun to
> find  hidden objects in its ongoing excavations.  Dating to primarily  the
> eighteenth century, these "spirit caches" were buried or otherwise  hidden
> by
> enslaved Africans in "border" places - hearths, windows, doors -  to guard
> the home and those within.  It's all part of the hidden  religious
> tradition
> of hoodoo.  You can get a rough idea of more  here:
> http://www.newsdesk.umd.edu/culture/release.cfm?ArticleID=1091
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> "Hoodoo" ????
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