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Africans in America. Part 4, Judgment day. Interview with Cornelia Bailey, folklorist and slave descendant /

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Cornelia Bailey is interviewed about ancestral memories of coping and perseverance, going to a better place, spiritual communication, the importance of family, revenge stories, life as an overseer, making do with what you have, Butler Island and slave life, hardships of working in rice and feeding y...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Smith, Llewellyn (Producer, Director)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Boston, MA : WGBH Educational Foundation, [1998]
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Bailey, Cornelia > Interviews.
Bailey, Cornelia.
African Americans > History > To 1863.
African Americans > Psychology > History.
Slavery > United States > History > 19th century.
Noirs américains > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1863.
Noirs américains > Psychologie > Histoire.
Esclavage > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
African Americans.
African Americans > Psychology.
Slavery.
United States.
To 1899
interviews.
History.
Interviews.
Unedited footage.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:Cornelia Bailey is interviewed about ancestral memories of coping and perseverance, going to a better place, spiritual communication, the importance of family, revenge stories, life as an overseer, making do with what you have, Butler Island and slave life, hardships of working in rice and feeding your family, preserving pride, going back to go forward, resistance, forming new communities after slavery, joining the church and baptism, religious practice before there was a church, double talking, song for loved ones dying in the field "King Buzzard."
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed September 12, 2017).
Physical Description:1 online resource (55 min.)
Playing Time:00:54:52