Description: Matthew Francis Rarey traces the history of the amulet pouches that enslaved and other marginalized people carried as tools of survival in the Black Atlantic world and shows how they are examples of the visual culture of enslavement.
Review Quotes: "In short, Rarey has produced an important contribution to the discussion of the religious life of Africans at home and in the Diaspora. It is a book full of insights into both the religious culture of the Inquisition as well as that of the makers and users of the bolsas. Rarey's attention to detail and the force of his reasoning about it is sure to be a starting point for further investigations."--John K. Thornton "International Journal of African Historical Studies"