Case file · Folklore / legend
Aunt Caroline Dye, conjure woman
Caroline Dye of Newport, Arkansas, a formerly enslaved woman who died in 1918, was the most famous fortune-teller and root worker of the mid-South, named in blues songs by W.C. Handy and others.
1918 CE · 35.61, -91.28 · status: official
The account
People of all races came by train to consult her about lost property, love and health. She is buried in Newport.