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What the slaves ate : recollections of African American foods and foodways from the slave narratives

Title
What the slaves ate : recollections of African American foods and foodways from the slave narratives / Herbert C. Covey and Dwight Eisnach.
Author
Covey, Herbert C.
Publication
Santa Barbara, Calif. : Greenwood Press/ABC-CLIO, c2009.

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Additional Authors
Eisnach, Dwight.
Description
xi, 311 p. : ill.; 26 cm.
Series Statement
American mosaic
Uniform Title
American mosaic (Greenwood Press (Westport, Conn.))
Subject
  • Enslaved persons > Diet > History. > United States
  • African Americans > Food > History
  • African American cooking > History
  • Food > Social aspects > History. > United States
  • Cooking, American > Southern style > History
  • Slave narratives > United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-306) and index.
Contents
The WPA narratives and slave diets -- Slave nutrition -- African roots and food traditions -- Slave cooking and meals -- Vegetables -- Meat -- Wild game and fish -- Dairy -- Grains, cereals, and baked goods -- Fruits, nuts, and coffee -- Celebrations, special occasions, and the war -- Closing observations -- Appendices. Foods identified in the WPA narratives.
Call Number
IEC 11-3900
ISBN
  • 9780313374975 (hard copy : alk. paper)
  • 031337497X (hard copy : alk. paper)
LCCN
2009003907
OCLC
290431563
Author
Covey, Herbert C.
Title
What the slaves ate : recollections of African American foods and foodways from the slave narratives / Herbert C. Covey and Dwight Eisnach.
Imprint
Santa Barbara, Calif. : Greenwood Press/ABC-CLIO, c2009.
Series
American mosaic
American mosaic (Greenwood Press (Westport, Conn.))
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-306) and index.
Added Author
Eisnach, Dwight.
Research Call Number
IEC 11-3900
Sc F 10-439
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