The Seed Of Sally Good'n : A Black Family of Arkansas, 1833-1953 / Ruth Polk Patterson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Patterson, Ruth Polk, 1930-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Arkansas--Biography.

African Americans.

Arkansas--Biography.

Arkansas.

Polk family.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (207 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1985.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Spencer Polk was born of an African-Indian slave woman known as Sally, and her master, Taylor Polk, a descendant of one of America's first families and one of the earliest white settlers in the Arkansas Territory. A favored slave, Spencer Polk became a prosperous farmer and landowner in southwestern Arkansas and the founder of a numerous and energetic family. Since emancipation the family homestead he built on Muddy Fork Creek has housed succeeding generations and has drawn back those who sought their fortunes elsewhere. In this new paperback edition, Ruth Polk Patterson, a granddaughter of Sp

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; List of Illustrations; Preface; 1. Crooked Marks on the Landscape; 2. The Wilds; 3. The First Remove; 4. Oh, Give Me Land; 5. Within and Without the Veil; 6. One Seed Becomes a Singing Tree; 7. African Survivals and Scottish Airs; 8. The Last Remove; 9. For Generations to Come; 10. Archeology and Artifact; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. [171]-174.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-0876-4

0-8131-4913-4

OCLC:

900344510