In those days: African-American life near the Savannah River
Kane S and Keeton R. In those days: African-American life near the Savannah River. Technical Assistance and Partnerhsips Division, Southeast Archeological Center, National Park Service
This report is an oral history from elderly African Americans in Elbert County, Georgia, and Abbeville County., South Carolina. It contains recollections of residents through their own words, with a backdrop of supportive information about the region and events elsewhere that affected the South. In Those Days is an oral history from elderly African Americans in Elbert County, Georgia, and Abbeville County., South Carolina. This area, in the northern portion of both states, is a patchwork of tiny woods and rolling, red clay hills, intermingled with small towns and hardcabble farms. Sparsely populated and mostly rural, the region, even today, provides glimpses of a vanishing way of life in the South. The text explores many facets of African American life, beginning with slavery, and continuing through to modern times. The writing emphasizes the recollections of residents through their own words, with a backdrop of supportive information about the region and events elsewhere that affected the South. Many historic photographs illustrate the text. The oral histories were collected by researchers as part of the Richard B. Russell Dam construction in the early 1980's.
- Type
- Book
- Authors
- Kane, Sharyn; Keeton, Richard
- Publisher
- Technical Assistance and Partnerhsips Division, Southeast Archeological Center, National Park Service
- Units
- HIST
- Keywords
- African American history, Cultural Resources, ehistory