Daisy Turner's kin : an African American family saga / Jane C. Beck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beck, Jane C., 1941- author.

Series:

Folklore studies in a multicultural world

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Turner, Daisy, 1883-1988--Family.

Turner, Daisy.

Turner family.

Turner, Daisy, 1883-1988.

African American families--Biography.

African American families.

African American families--Virginia.

African American families--Vermont.

African Americans--Social conditions--19th century.

African Americans.

African Americans--Social conditions--20th century.

African Americans--Social conditions.

Families.

Vermont.

Virginia.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

295 pages : illustrations, genealogical table, maps, portraits ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Urbana [Illinois] : University of Illinois Press, [2015]

Summary:

"A daughter of freed African American slaves, Daisy Turner became a living repository of history. The family narrative entrusted to her-- "a well-polished artifact, an heirloom that had been carefully preserved"-- began among the Yoruba in West Africa and continued with her own long lifetime. In 1983, folklorist Jane Beck began to interview Turner, then one hundred years old and still relating four generations of oral history"--Page 4 of cover.

Contents:

The Turner narrative and memory

Meeting Daisy

African roots

Jack Gouldin and Robert Berkeley

Plantation life

Civil War

Postwar

Vermont

Journey's end

Daisy's last years

Appendix. turner family genealogical chart.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [229]-277) and index.

ISBN:

9780252039232

0252039238

9780252080791

0252080793

OCLC:

893454392