Singing the Master: The Emergence of African-American Culture in the Plantation South by Roger D. Abrahams

Singing the Master: The Emergence of African-American Culture in the Plantation South

Roger D. Abrahams

384 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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A controversial and radical interpretation of the most celebrated event on the Southern plantation: the corn-shucking ceremony. Relying on written accounts and oral histories of former slaves, Abrahams reconstructs this event and shows how the int...

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