African American Life in the Georgia Lowcountry - 9780820330648
Un libro in lingua di Morgan Philip (EDT) edito da Univ of Georgia Pr, 2010
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The essays, which range in coverage from the founding of the Georgia colony in the early 1700s through the present era, explore a range of topics, all within the larger context of the Atlantic world. Included are essays on the double-edged freedom that the American Revolution made possible to black women, the lowcountry as site of the largest gathering of African Muslims in early North America, and the coexisting worlds of Christianity and conjuring in coastal Georgia and the links (with variations) to African practices.
A number of fascinating, memorable characters emerge, among them the defiant Mustapha Shaw, who felt entitled to land on Ossabaw Island and resisted its seizure by whites only to become embroiled in struggles with other blacks; Betty, the slave woman who, in the spirit of the American Revolution, presented a “list of grievances” to her master; and S'Quash, the Arabic-speaking Muslim who arrived on one of the last legal transatlantic slavers and became a head man on a North Carolina plantation.
Published in association with the Georgia Humanities Council.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: African American Life in the Georgia Lowcountry
- Sottotitolo: The Atlantic World and the Gullah Geechee
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Morgan Philip (EDT)
- Editore: Univ of Georgia Pr
- Collana: Univ of Georgia Pr (Hardcover)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 15 Febbraio '10
- Genere: HISTORY
- Argomenti : African Americans Georgia Atlantic Coast History African Americans Georgia Atlantic Coast Social conditions African Americans Georgia Atlantic Coast Religion
- Pagine: 311
- ISBN-10: 0820330647
- EAN-13: 9780820330648