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Coming Through

Voices of a South Carolina Gullah Community from WPA Oral Histories

By: Genevieve W. Chandler

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Coming Through

Voices of a South Carolina Gullah Community from WPA Oral Histories

By: Genevieve W. Chandler

Coming Through marks the first complete publication of these interviews with former slaves and their descendants living in the Waccamaw Neck region of South Carolina as collected by Genevieve W. Chandler in the 1930s as part of the WPA Federal Writers' Project. Between 1936 and 1938 Chandler interviewed more than one hundred individuals in and around 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." "Coming Through consists primarily of interviews with forty-nine Gullah-speaking African American informants sharing life experiences with Chandler. The subjects range in age from 9-year-old George Kato Singleton to 104-year-old Welcome Bees. A biography of each subject accompanies the interviews. Collectively these interviews form an intimate portrait of a fascinating subculture of the Carolina coast and the Sea Islands as shared with a remarkable woman who had special access to converse with the people of this traditionally insular world. Moreover they provide an unparalleled firsthand account of the African American experience in South Carolina in the words of those who lived it."--BOOK JACKET.

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Heaven Is a Beautiful Place

A Memoir of the South Carolina Coast

By: Genevieve C. Peterkin

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Heaven Is a Beautiful Place

A Memoir of the South Carolina Coast

By: Genevieve C. Peterkin

Born in 1928 in the small coastal town of Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, Genevieve "Sister" Peterkin grew up with World War II bombing practice in her front yard, deep-sea fishing expeditions, and youthful rambles through the lowcountry. She shared her bedroom with a famous ghost and an impatient older sister. But most of all she listened. She absorbed the tales of her talented mother and her beloved friend, listened to the stories of the region's older residents, some of them former slaves, who were her friends, neighbors, and teachers. In this new edition she once again shares with readers her insider's knowledge of the lowcountry plantations, gardens, and beaches that today draw so many visitors. Beneath the humor, hauntings, and treasures of local history, she tells another, deeper story—one that deals with the struggle for racial equality in the South, with the sometimes painful adventures of marriage and parenthood, and with inner struggles for faith and acceptance. This edition includes a new foreword by coastal writer and researcher Lee G. Brockington and a new afterword by coauthor and lowcountry novelist William P. Baldwin.

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Coming Through

Voices of a South Carolina Gullah Community from WPA Oral Histories

By: Genevieve W. Chandler

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Voices of a South Carolina Gullah Community from WPA Oral Histories

By: Genevieve W. Chandler

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Univ of South Carolina Press

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Heaven Is a Beautiful Place

A Memoir of the South Carolina Coast

By: Genevieve C. Peterkin

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A Memoir of the South Carolina Coast

By: Genevieve C. Peterkin

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