Discovering my Southern legacy : slave culture and the American South / Deirdre Foreman and Christopher McAuley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Foreman, Deirdre, author.

McAuley, Christopher, author.

Series:

Black Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--United States.

Slavery.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Long Island, New York : Lived Places Publishing, [2024]

Summary:

What was the cultural legacy of enslaved Africans in the American South, and how has that legacy been handed through generations?For author Deirdre Foreman, this question is a very personal one: in this book, she explores the cultural legacy of enslaved Africans in the American South through an ethno-autobiographical reflection on her own African-American identity and family heritage. Through storytelling and personal narratives, the author describes her family's cultural practices and how they are directly rooted in those of the enslaved Africans on the southern plantations. Known as "cultural survivors," enslaved Africans established cultural customs and norms out of resistance to the control of white slaveholders to maintain their independence and pride.Ideal reading for students of Black studies, African American studies, Africana studies, and related courses, this autoethnography humanizes and personalizes concepts that are crucial to the understanding of Black culture and Black history.

Contents:

Discovering My Southern Legacy

DISCOVERING MY SOUTHERN LEGACY

A message from the author

Copyright Page

Abstract

Contents

Acknowledgments

Notes on language and content

Introduction

1 Ghana

Learning objectives

2 The “Big House”

Childhood memory

3 Tobacco field

4 Farming and gardening

Farming practices in the Northern Region of Ghana

Question 1

Please tell me your knowledge of farming in Ghana.

Question 2

What types of crops are predominately grown in Ghana?

Question 3

Please tell me more about the farming practices in Ghana.

Question 4

How many regions are there in the Northern Region of Ghana? In which region is the shea butter grown?

Question 5 Generated by AI.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781915271686

1915271681

OCLC:

1422201508