{"product_id":"drums-and-shadows-survival-studies-among-the-georgia-coastal-negroes-paperback","title":"Drums and Shadows: Survival Studies Among the Georgia Coastal Negroes - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeorgia Writers' Project\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCharles Joyner\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eMuriel Bell\u003c\/b\u003e (Photographer)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against the background of the antebellum slave trade, \u003ci\u003eDrums and Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e traces the persistence of African heritage in the culture of blacks living on the Georgia coast in the 1930s. In the later years of the depression, members of the Georgia Writers' Project visited and interviewed blacks, many of whose grandparents, smuggled into slavery as late as 1858, had passed on the customs and beliefs of their African past. Seeking evidence of African traditions, the project's workers questioned the blacks about conjure--the curses and potions responsible for turns of luck, illnesses, and even death--about dreams that often determine the course of daily life, and about spirits and other apparitions as real as walking, breathing people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMALCOLM BELL JR. spent eight eight years researching and writing \u003ci\u003eMajor Butler's Legacy\u003c\/i\u003e on retiring as president and chairman of a Savannah bank. He has published articles and books on Savannah and Georgia history, and with his wife Muriel made the photographs for \u003ci\u003eDrums and Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e, a Georgia Writers' Project publication reissued by the University of Georgia Press in 1986.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 9.32 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 1986\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52618379854131,"sku":"9780820308517","price":70.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/d1cwUEZSZDhKSEF1UUx6UVhUT0htZz09.webp?v=1761904725","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/drums-and-shadows-survival-studies-among-the-georgia-coastal-negroes-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}