Daisy Turner's kin : an African American family saga / Jane C. Beck.
"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 long lifetime. In 198...
Uniform Title: | Folklore studies in a multicultural world.
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Language: | English |
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Urbana [Illinois] :
University of Illinois Press,
[2015]
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Series: | Folklore studies in a multicultural world.
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Physical Description: | 295 pages : illustrations, genealogical table, maps, portraits ; 24 cm. |
Format: | Book |
Contents:
- 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
- Appendix. turner family genealogical chart.