The Conjure Chest


150 years ago Jacob Cooley ordered his African American slave Hosea to build a chest for his first

 child. Hosea set to work,

crafting a wooden (wooden american flag) chest of some remark.

 For some unknown reason his master was displeased with his efforts and beat his slave to a pulp,
 
killing him. Cooley’s other slaves vowed to avenge the death of their friend and sprinkled the dried 
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blood of an owl in the chest and had a ‘conjure man’ curse the chest. As if by magic, Cooley’s first born

 died in infancy and over the forthcoming years a total of seventeen deaths were attributed to the chest.

 Eventually the curse was lifted by a ‘conjure woman’. The chest can be found in the Kentucky History

 Museum in frankfort ky. (frankfort beach)

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