Catalog Search Results
1) What the slaves ate: recollections of African American foods and foodways from the slave narratives
Author
Series
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Description
African American Slave Medicine offers a critical examination of how African American slaves' medical needs were addressed during the years before and surrounding the Civil War. Drawing upon ex-slave interviews conducted during the 1930s and 1940s by the Works Project Administration (WPA), Dr. Herbert C. Covey inventories many of the herbal, plant, and non-plant remedies used by African American folk practitioners during slavery. He demonstrates how...
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Suggest a purchase. Submit Request