Gullah culture : 1670 to 1950 / by David B. McCoy.

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    • Publication Information:
      2018 edition.
    • Abstract:
      Summary: "The Gullah are the descendants of enslaved Africans who live in the Lowcountry region of the South. The Gullah people have been able to preserve much of their African cultural heritage because of geography, climate, and patterns of importation."--Author's website.
    • Content Notes:
      Introduction -- Part one. Inland and freshwater inland rice -- Indigo comes to the Sea Islands -- Tidal rice along the coast -- Long-staple cotton introduced -- The unexplained resistance to malaria -- The task system of labor -- Part two. The Gullah language -- The Gullah naming practice -- Kinship and heirs' property -- The Gullah subsistence life-style -- The Gullah religion and praise houses -- Gullah folk medicine and magic -- Gullah folklore -- Part three. Mitchelville, an experiment in citizenship -- Part four. Afterwords.
    • Notes:
      Includes bibliographical references.
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    • ISBN:
      9781520856285
    • Accession Number:
      ccp.1077080