Singing the master : the emergence of African American culture in the plantation south /

Singing the master : the emergence of African American culture in the plantation south / Roger D. Abrahams.

In the American South before the Civil War, a harvest celebration developed surrounding the shucking of the corn each autumn. This event brought together both slave and master, with the slaves encouraged to perform. Thanks to the reports of visitors and foreigners, the corn-shucking ceremony became...

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Main Author: Abrahams, Roger D.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Pantheon Books, [1992]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Enslaved persons > Southern States > Social life and customs.
Plantation life > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Southern States > Social life and customs > 1775-1865.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. "Ain't You Gwine to the Shucking of the Corn?"
  • 2. Orders Within Order: Cavalier and Slave Culture on the Plantation
  • 3. An American Version of Pastoral
  • 4. Festive Spirit in the Development of African American Style
  • 5. Signifying Leadership on the Plantation
  • 6. Powerful Imitations
  • Appendix I: The Corn-Shucking Accounts
  • Appendix II: Accounts from Interviews with Ex-Slaves.

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