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Daisy Turner's Kin : An African American Family Saga /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore, Maryland :
Project Muse,
2015
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| Colección: | Folklore studies in a multicultural world.
Book collections on Project MUSE. |
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| 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.