This title presents oral histories of former slaves along the Carolina coast collected by a woman ahead of her time.""Coming Through"" marks the first publication of the interviews, stories, and folktales of former slaves living in the Waccamaw Neck region of South Carolina as collected as part of the WPA Federal Writers Project. Between 1936 and 1938, Chandler interviewed more than 100 individuals in All Saints Parish, a portion of Horry and Georgetown Counties located between the Waccamaw River and the Atlantic Ocean. Her ...
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This title presents oral histories of former slaves along the Carolina coast collected by a woman ahead of her time.""Coming Through"" marks the first publication of the interviews, stories, and folktales of former slaves living in the Waccamaw Neck region of South Carolina as collected as part of the WPA Federal Writers Project. Between 1936 and 1938, Chandler interviewed more than 100 individuals in All Saints Parish, a portion of Horry and Georgetown Counties located between the Waccamaw River and the Atlantic Ocean. Her subjects spoke freely with her on topics ranging from slave punishment to folk medicine, from conditions in the Jim Crow South to the exploits of Brer Rabbit.The subjects range in age from the 5-year-old Cato Singleton to 104-year-old Welcome Bees. These interviews form an intimate portrait of a fascinating subculture of the Carolina Coast and Sea Islands as shared with a woman who was able to move freely within this traditionally insular world. Chandler had no formal training as an oral historian or folklorist, yet the sophistication of her work as documented here anticipates developments in these fields of study a generation beforehand. Her detailed descriptions add social context to folktales and her careful and systematic renderings of the Gullah language have since been praised as foundational work by Creole linguists.The collection includes a foreword by Charles W. Joyner, Burroughs Distinguished Professor of Southern History and Culture at Coastal Carolina University; the editors' survey of the WPA project and of the nuances of Gullah language and culture; and, 15 photographs of the subjects taken by renowned photographer Bayard Wooten - many published here for the first time.
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New. Presents interviews, stories, and folktales of former slaves living in the Waccamaw Neck region of South Carolina as collected as part of the WPA Federal Writers Project. This collection includes a survey of the WPA project and of the nuances of Gullah language and culture, and 15 photographs of the subjects. Editor(s): Mills, Kincaid; Peterkin, Genevieve C.; McCollough, Aaron. Num Pages: 384 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; 3JJG; HBTD; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 717. 2008. 1st. Hardcover.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
