African-American Gardens and Yards in the Rural South
Author: Richard Noble Westmacott
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9780870497629
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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.
