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• A victim is always agreed upon by the priests and the authorities before they leave the gree-gree bush , yet to instil a greater [Pg 270] degree of superstitious terror, the frightful Juju , as if in doubt, promenades the town till daylight, entering a house now and then, and sometimes committing a murder or two to augment the panic. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of Captain Canot, or Twenty Years of an African Slaver, by Brantz Mayer and Theodore Canot.
• The gree-gree-bush is not only a resort of the virgin, but of [Pg 432] the wife, in those seasons when approaching maternity indicates need of repose and care. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of Captain Canot, or Twenty Years of an African Slaver, by Brantz Mayer and Theodore Canot.
• As soon as the maidens are received, they are taken by the gree-gree women to a neighboring stream, where they are washed, and undergo an operation which is regarded as a sort of circumcision. —  Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver
• At this epoch the important fact is announced by the gree-gree woman to the purchaser or future husband, who, it is expected, will soon prepare to take her from the retreat. —  Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver
• Sometimes, it is said, that this human ticket is stolen to effect the desired purpose, and that no native power can recover the lost slave when once within the sacred precincts The gree-gree-bush is not only a resort of the virgin, but of the wife, in those seasons when approaching maternity indicates need of repose and care. —  Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver

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