Branch, Muriel Miller
The Water Brought Us: The Story of the Gullah-Speaking People
The Water Brought Us: The Story of the Gullah-Speaking People
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New York: Cobblehill Books/Dutton, 1995. 1st ed; 2nd printing. vi, 106 pages: illustrations; 24 cm Fine in near fine jacket, now in archival mylar. Hardcover. ISBN: 9780525651857, 0525651853
Presents a portrait of the Gullah people who forged out of the oppressive circumstances of slavery a unique African-American cultureContents: Sea Island folks. When times were hard: slavery in the low country. Beyond freedom. Seeking and shouting: Gullah religious traditions. De hag gonna ride you: Gullah folklore. De Gullah speaks. With these hands. A hundred years from now: holding on to traditions.