 Cubah Cornwallis

Cubah Cornwallis (died 1848) (often spelled Coubah, Couba, Cooba or Cuba) was a nurse or "doctoress" and Obeah woman who lived in the colony of Jamaica during the late 18th and 19th Century.Little is known of her early life although records indicate that she was originally a slave, belonging to Captain William Cornwallis, brother of Charles, Earl Cornwallis.