African-American Gardens and Yards in the Rural South

African-American Gardens and Yards in the Rural South PDF Author: Richard Noble Westmacott
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN: 9780870497629
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 220

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Book Description
Slave family could assert some measure of independence and perhaps find some degree of spiritual refreshment. Since slavery, working the garden for the survival of the family has become less urgent, but now pleasure is taken from growing flowers and produce and in welcoming friends to the yard. Similarities in attitude between rural southern blacks and whites are reflected in the expression of such values as the importance of the agrarian lifestyle, self-reliance, and.