With slaves spread over a vast region it was difficult to find a suitable female partner, many slaves died in the early years without ever doing so. ... The whites feared these people because of their strong influence over the slaves and tried everything they could think of to abolish the "heathen" ritual punishing anyone they found practicing, however, the Obeah remained an influential figure in African slave life. ... As in America the Obeah exerted a great deal of power and influence over the slave population and plantation owners in the Caribbean feared these charismatic religious leaders ...

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