1st Edition

Shadow of the Plantation

By Charles Johnson Copyright 1996
248 Pages
by Routledge

262 Pages
by Routledge

215 Pages
by Routledge

Shadow of the Plantation focuses on descendants of slaves in one rural Southern community in the early part of this century. In the process, Johnson reviews the troubled history of race relations in the United /States. When reread half a century after it was first written, Shadow of the Plantation is clearly revealed as a remarkably perceptive and fresh comment on race relations and the triumph of... Read more
I: The Background; II: The Family; III: Economic Life of the Community; IV: The School and the People; V: Religion and the Church; VI: Play Life; VII: Survival; VIII: Conclusion

Biography

Charles S. Johnson