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African-American Life On the Southern Hunting Plantation (GA)
By the early 1900s, virtually all of the rich plantation land in the Red Hills between Thomasville, Georgia, and Tallahassee, Florida, had been converted to quail-hunting land for the pleasure of Northern owners and their guests. To operate these large specialized plantations, a skilled management and talented and industrious work force was needed. Within these pages are the stories of fifteen African Americans who were closely involved in plantation life in the first half of the century. Explored are the unique relationships between the plantation owners and their employees, and between families black and white. Vintage images depict the various tasks performed by the African Americans on the plantation, as well as the recreational activities they enjoyed. Told in the voices of those who lived and worked on the plantations, this unique collection of oral histories will serve as a valuable educational tool for generations to come.
128 pages, Paperback
First published May 3, 2000
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August 22, 2015
I gave this a generous 4 stars because the work that went into locating people who lived and worked on these plantations, as well as the historic photos. The background work was impressive! This was written to record history by non-writers, so I respect their work ethic and effort. I did enjoy learning about the people who are remembered in this book.
The authors chose to write in a Q £ A format and record the dialect of those interviewed, which was fine, but there was a lot of repetition in the holiday remembrances and events.
It would have been nice to understand more about how the plantations became hunting properties. I was fortunate to learn more about that when I met one of the authors, but I have no complaints about this work.
Bottom-line, the employees on the hunting plantations were appreciated, treated well and their families were like family to the plantation owners.
The authors chose to write in a Q £ A format and record the dialect of those interviewed, which was fine, but there was a lot of repetition in the holiday remembrances and events.
It would have been nice to understand more about how the plantations became hunting properties. I was fortunate to learn more about that when I met one of the authors, but I have no complaints about this work.
Bottom-line, the employees on the hunting plantations were appreciated, treated well and their families were like family to the plantation owners.
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