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Folk culture on St. Helena Island, South Carolina

Title
Folk culture on St. Helena Island, South Carolina, by Guy B. Johnson.
Author
Johnson, Guy Benton, 1901-
Publication
Chapel Hill, The University of North Caroliina Press, 1930.

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xi, 183 p.; 22 cm.
Series Statement
The University of North Carolina. Social study series.
Subject
  • African Americans > Saint Helena Island
  • Sea Islands Creole dialect
  • African Americans > History and criticism
  • African Americans > Folklore
  • Folklore > Saint Helena Island
  • Saint Helena Island (S.C.)
Note
  • Includes music (unaccompanied melodies)
  • This volume, together with Black yeomanry by T. J. Woofter, jr., and A social history of the Sea Islands by Guion G. Johnson, has grown out of a study of Negro culture on St. Helena Island, S. C., made under the joint auspices of the Institute for Research in Social Science of the University of North Carolina and the Social Science Research Council. Pref.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 174-179.
Contents
Gullah: the dialect of the negroes of St. Helena Island.--Folk songs of St. Helena.--Folklore from St. Helena Island.
Call Number
Sc 917.57-J (Johnson, G. Folk culture)
LCCN
30032135
OCLC
  • 3492619
  • 3492619
  • NYPGR3492619-B
Author
Johnson, Guy Benton, 1901-
Title
Folk culture on St. Helena Island, South Carolina, by Guy B. Johnson.
Imprint
Chapel Hill, The University of North Caroliina Press, 1930.
Series
The University of North Carolina. Social study series.
Bibliography
Bibliography: p. 174-179.
Research Call Number
Sc 917.57-J (Johnson, G. Folk culture)
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