What the Slaves Ate: Recollections of African American Foods and Foodways from the Slave Narratives
- ISBN-10
- 031337497X
- ISBN-13
- 9780313374975
- Category
- Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies
- Pages
- 311
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO
- Authors
- Herbert C. Covey, Dwight Eisnach
Description
The powerful, long-neglected testimony of former slaves places African American slave foods and foodways at the center of the complex social dynamics of the plantation South.
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