Daisy Turner's kin : an African American family saga /

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A daughter of freed African American slaves, Daisy Turner became a living repository of history. The family narrative entrusted to her--"a well-polished artifact, an heirloom that had been carefully preserved"--Began among the Yoruba in West Africa and continued with her own century and mo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Beck, Jane C., 1941- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2015]
Colección:Folklore studies in a multicultural world.
Temas:
Turner, Daisy, > 1883-1988 > Family.
Turner family.
Turner, Daisy, > 1883-1988
Turner family
1800-1999
African American families > Biography.
African Americans > Social conditions > 19th century.
African Americans > Social conditions > 20th century.
Familles noires américaines > Biographies.
Noirs américains > Conditions sociales > 19e siècle.
Noirs américains > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Personal Memoirs.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Slavery.
African American families
African Americans > Social conditions
Families
Biographies
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction. The Turner narrative and memory
  • Meeting Daisy
  • African roots
  • Jack Gouldin and Robert Berkeley
  • Plantation life
  • Civil War
  • Postwar
  • Vermont
  • Journey's end
  • Daisy's last years
  • Afterword
  • Research and acknowledgments
  • Appendix. Turner family genealogical chart.

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