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Cubah Cornwallis (died 1848) (often
spelled Coubah, Couba,
Cooba or Cuba) was a
nurse or "doctress" and
Obeah woman who
lived in the
colony of Jamaica...
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Cubah and John
Dunbar in the
struggle abina-park-
cubah-and-john-dunbar-in-the-struggle-against-slavery-what-were-the-roles-of-sabina-park-
cubah...
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Kingston had
elected an
enslaved Fante woman named “Akua ” or as
Anglicized Cubah (a
British and
Fante misnomer of day name "Akua". The
British and the Fantes...
- century, and they
included Seacole's
mother (Mrs. Grant),
Sarah Adams,
Cubah Cornwallis, and
Grace Donne, the
mistress and
doctress to Jamaica's wealthiest...
- command. He was
taken to Kingston, Jamaica, to be
nursed by "doctoress"
Cubah Cornwallis, a
rumoured mistress of
fellow captain William Cornwallis; she...
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Congress from
Virginia (1888)
Jennie Carter (c. 1830 – 1881),
American writer Cubah Cornwallis (d. 1848),
Jamaican "doctress", who
nursed Horatio Nelson, 1st...
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disservice to the
tradition of
Jamaican "doctresses", such as Seacole's mother,
Cubah Cornwallis,
Sarah Adams and
Grace Donne, who all used
herbal remedies and...
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Donne (who
nursed her lover,
Simon Taylor (sugar planter)),
Sarah Adams,
Cubah Cornwallis, Mary Seacole, and Mrs
Grant (who was the
mother of Mary Seacole)...
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captives as "mistresses". In 1780, one of
these free
people of color,
Cubah Cornwallis,
became well-known when she
nursed British naval hero Horatio...
- Indies,
Cornwallis came to own, then
later free the "doctoress"
Cubah Cornwallis.
Cubah became Cornwallis'
mistress and
housekeeper in Port Royal, Jamaica...
