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Object Type |
Book |
Title |
"Behind God's Back": Gullah Memories: Cainhoy, Wando, Huger, Daniel Island, St. Thomas Island, South Carolina |
Author |
Frazier, Herb, 1950- |
Summary |
Examines the history of Gullah communities and culture through interviews and biographical vignettes interwoven with traditional historical narrative. Contents: Voices : Harold Lincoln -- Voices : Philip Simmons -- Native Americans -- Africans and Europeans -- The Cainhoy riot -- Turn of the century -- Domestic workforce -- Family tragedies -- Birthing a community -- Timber -- Moonshine -- Education -- Remembering Old Cainhoy -- Boats, buses, and civil rights -- The land -- Protecting Gullah culture -- Voices of a new generation --Saving cemeteries -- Appendix 1. Berkeley County licensed midwives in 1951 -- Appendix 2. Huger-Wando post offices -- Appendix 3. How land was lost -- Appendix 4. Heirs' property -- Appendix 5. Dividing the money. |
Call No. |
F277 .B5 F73 2011 |
Publisher |
Evening Post Books |
Publication/Copyright Date |
2011 |
Subjects |
Berkeley County (S.C.)--History Berkeley County (S.C.)--Biography--Anecdotes Cainhoy (S.C.)--History Wando (S.C.)--History Huger (S.C.)--History Daniel Island (S.C.)--History Gullahs--South Carolina--Berkeley County--History Gullahs--South Carolina--Berkeley County--Social life and customs Gullahs--South Carolina--Berkeley County--Anecdotes African Americans--South Carolina--Berkeley County--Biography |
Notes |
By Herb Frazier. Includes bibliographical references (p. 262-271) and index. |
ISBN |
9780982515471 |
Object ID # |
2020.004.3 |