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16369
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Many stories refer to root doctors in African American belief systems. The root doctor worked as a sorcerer or conjurer, providing potions against enemies, helping with pregnancy, or showing an individual their fate.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 23 Issue 2, May 1975,
p35-43
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