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True Stories of Black South Carolina

By Damon L. Fordham

Book information

Publisher
Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Year
2008
ISBN
9781614234623, 9781596294059, 2007048970
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
933 kB (955802 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2022-09-30 11:33:17
GeographyHIS036010HistoryNonfiction

Description

From the Upstate to the Lowcountry, African Americans have had a gigantic impact on the Palmetto State. Unfortunately, their stories are often overshadowed. Collected here for the first time, this selection of essays by historian Damon L. Fordham brings these stories to light. Rediscover the tales of Samuel Smalls, the James Island beggar who inspired DuBose Heyward s Porgy, and Denmark Vesey, the architect of the great would-be slave rebellion of 1822. Learn about the blacks who lived and worked at what is now Mepkin Abbey, the Spartanburg woman who took part in a sit-in at the age of eleven and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. s visit to Charleston in 1967. These articles are well-researched and provide an enlightening glimpse at the overlooked contributors to South Carolina s past.

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