Clause 35 criminalized practices officials labeled obeah, including healing or ritual work and possession of listed materials. It grouped spiritual practices with grave threats, allowed severe penalties including death or transportation, and also applied to free people. Obeah Histories notes that the wording borrowed from older Jamaican legislation. Reading the clause against its hostile language shows colonial attempts to criminalize African-derived knowledge and spiritual authority, not proof that practitioners or beliefs vanished. (Consolidated Slave Act, clause(s) 35.)
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How did clause 35 treat practices labeled obeah?
The clause classified specified practices and materials as felony offenses, with penalties including death or transportation.
The clause classified specified practices and materials as felony offenses, with penalties including death or transportation.
The clause classified specified practices and materials as felony offenses, with penalties including death or transportation.