Folk culture on St. Helena Island, South Carolina
By: by Guy B. Johnson.
Series: The University of North Carolina. Social study series.
Publisher: The University of North Caroliina Press
Published: 1930
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
Subjects: African Americans -- South Carolina -- Saint Helena Island.; Sea Islands Creole dialect.; African Americans -- South Carolina -- Saint Helena Island -- Music -- History and criticism.; African Americans -- Folklore.; Folklore -- South Carolina -- Saint Helena Island.; Saint Helena Island (S.C.)
Genres: Folklore.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 174-179.
Includes music (unaccompanied melodies)
This volume, together with Black yeomanry by T. J. Woofter, jr., and A social history of the Sea Islands by Guion G. Johnson, has grown out of a study of Negro culture on St. Helena Island, S. C., made under the joint auspices of the Institute for Research in Social Science of the University of North Carolina and the Social Science Research Council. Pref.
Table of contents: title: Gullah: the dialect of the negroes of St. Helena Island.; title: Folk songs of St. Helena.; title: Folklore from St. Helena Island.