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I see that's the original version of Voodoo Hoodoo you got there. The story was partially redrawn by Barks later on (I forget exactly when), and the redrawn version, while not doing away with the racist elements altogether, at least tones them down heavily -- the black people are not drawn as big-lipped caricatures and their exaggerated speech is dropped as well (for example, the "If they see us first -- oh lawsy! Lawsy!" becomes "If they see us first, we are done for.")

I can't really be angry with Barks over this one -- like you said, it truly was a different time, and unlike many contemporary comics, this was at least not malicious.