[Ads-l] Very Slight Antedating of "Voodoo"

[Shapiro, Fred]

voodoo (OED 1846 [24 Apr.])

1846 Public Ledger (Philadelphia) 23 Apr. 2/2 (Newspapers.com)

Ex-President Pierrot has, for many years past, been the reputed chief ... Of the "Vaudoux," a superstitious institution derived from Africa.

Fred Shapiro

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