African American Life in the Georgia Lowcountry: The Atlantic World and the Gullah Geechee Hardcover - 2010
by Contribution by Allison Dorsey; Contribution by Betty Wood; Contribution by Emory Campbell
From the jacket flap
The lush landscape and subtropical climate of the Georgia coast only enhance the air of mystery enveloping some of its inhabitants--people who owe, in some ways, as much to Africa as to America. As the ten previously unpublished essays in this volume examine various aspects of Georgia Lowcountry life, they often engage a central dilemma: the region's physical and cultural remoteness helps to preserve the venerable ways of its black inhabitants, but it can also marginalize the vital place of Lowcountry blacks in the Atlantic World.
The essays, which cover a period from the founding of the Georgia colony in the early 1700s until the early 1900s, explore a range of topics, all within the larger context of the Atlantic world. Included are essays on the double-edged freedom that the American Revolution made possible to black women, the Lowcountry as site of the largest gathering of African Muslims in early North America, and the coexisting worlds of Christianity and Conjuring in coastal Georgia and the links (with variations) to African practices.
A number of fascinating, memorable characters emerge, among them the defiant Mustapha Shaw, who felt entitled to land on Ossabaw Island and resisted its seizure by whites only to become embroiled in struggles with other blacks; Betty, the slave woman who, in the spirit of the American Revolution, presented a "list of grievances" to her master; and S'Quash, the Arabic-speaking Muslim who arrived on one of the last legal transatlantic slavers and became a head man on a North Carolina plantation.Details
- Title African American Life in the Georgia Lowcountry: The Atlantic World and the Gullah Geechee
- Author Contribution by Allison Dorsey; Contribution by Betty Wood; Contribution by Emory Campbell
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition, F
- Pages 320
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Georgia Press, Athens
- Date 2010-02-15
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780820330648 / 0820330647
- Weight 1.45 lbs (0.66 kg)
- Dimensions 9.2 x 6.1 x 1.3 in (23.37 x 15.49 x 3.30 cm)
-
Themes
- Chronological Period: 18th Century
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Chronological Period: 1900-1949
- Cultural Region: South Atlantic
- Cultural Region: South
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Geographic Orientation: Georgia
- Topical: Black History
- Library of Congress subjects Atlantic Coast (Ga.) - History, African Americans - Georgia - Atlantic Coast
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009022714
- Dewey Decimal Code 305.896
Media reviews
Citations
- Choice, 12/01/2010, Page 0
More Copies for Sale
African American Life in the Georgia Lowcountry: The Atlantic World and the Gullah Geechee (Race in the Atlantic World, 1700â1900 Ser.)
by Morgan, Philip [Editor]; Dorsey, Allison [Contributor]; Wood, Betty [Contributor]; Campbell, Emory [Contributor]; Clarke, Erskine [Contributor]; Jones, Jacqueline [Contributor]; Gomez, Michael [Contributor]; Pressly, Paul M. [Contributor]; Singleton, Ther
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780820330648 / 0820330647
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Boonsboro, Maryland, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$33.28NZ$8.49 shipping to USA
Show Details
African American Life in the Georgia Lowcountry: The Atlantic World and the Gullah Geechee (Race in the Atlantic World, 1700-1900)
by Philip Morgan
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780820330648 / 0820330647
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Durham, North Carolina, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$33.96NZ$6.72 shipping to USA
Show Details
African American Life in the Georgia Lowcountry: The Atlantic World and the Gullah Geechee (Race in the Atlantic World, 1700-1900 Ser.)
by Morgan, Philip [Editor]; Dorsey, Allison [Contributor]; Pressly, Paul M. [Contributor]; Campbell, Emory [Contributor]; Wood, Betty [Contributor]; Singleton, Theresa [Contributor]; Carretta, Vincent [Contributor]; Powell, Timothy [Contributor]; Clarke, Ers
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780820330648 / 0820330647
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Boonsboro, Maryland, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$38.28NZ$8.49 shipping to USA
Show Details
African American Life in the Georgia Lowcountry: The Atlantic World and the Gullah Geechee (Race in the Atlantic World, 1700-1900)
by Editor-Philip Morgan
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used: Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780820330648 / 0820330647
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
HOUSTON, Texas, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$40.65FREE shipping to USA
Show Details
African American Life in the Georgia Lowcountry: The Atlantic World and the Gullah Geechee (Race in the Atlantic World, 1700â1900 Ser.)
by Morgan, Philip [Editor]; Dorsey, Allison [Contributor]; Wood, Betty [Contributor]; Campbell, Emory [Contributor]; Clarke, Erskine [Contributor]; Jones, Jacqueline [Contributor]; Gomez, Michael [Contributor]; Pressly, Paul M. [Contributor]; Singleton, Ther
- New
- Hardcover
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780820330648 / 0820330647
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Boonsboro, Maryland, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$54.96NZ$8.49 shipping to USA
Show Details
African American Life in the Georgia Lowcountry: The Atlantic World and the Gullah Geechee
by Philip Morgan (editor)
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780820330648 / 0820330647
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Darien, Georgia, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$85.11NZ$8.09 shipping to USA
Show Details
African American Life in the Georgia Lowcountry
- New
- Hardcover
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780820330648 / 0820330647
- Quantity Available
- 4
- Seller
-
Woodside, New York, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$124.36NZ$6.79 shipping to USA
Show Details
African American Life in the Georgia Lowcountry: The Atlantic World and the Gullah Geechee (Race in the Atlantic World, 1700â1900 Ser.)
by Morgan, Philip [Editor]; Dorsey, Allison [Contributor]; Wood, Betty [Contributor]; Campbell, Emory [Contributor]; Clarke, Erskine [Contributor]; Jones, Jacqueline [Contributor]; Gomez, Michael [Contributor]; Pressly, Paul M. [Contributor]; Singleton, Ther
- New
- Hardcover
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780820330648 / 0820330647
- Quantity Available
- 5
- Seller
-
campbelltown, Florida, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$284.27NZ$25.53 shipping to USA