Antedating of "Zombie"
Shapiro, Fred
fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Sun Apr 21 18:50:13 UTC 2013
zombie (OED 1819)
1788 _Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure_ Sept. 117 (ProQuest) The _Zombies_ make a great figure in the superstition of the Negroes. Like the _Larvae_ of the ancients, they are supposed to be the spirits of dead wicked men, that are permitted to wander, and torment the living.
Fred Shapiro
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