Descended searching for my Gullah-Geechee roots / Keith Rushing.
| Author/creator | Rushing, Keith |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, [2025] |
| Description | xxv, 210 pages illustrations 22 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Searching for my Gullah-Geechee roots |
| Physical medium | illustrations |
| Contents | The name that launched a journey -- The Rice Connection -- A State Rooted in Slavery -- What's in a Name? -- The Battle for Emancipation -- The Land That Liberates -- The Ancestors Find Their Way -- Speaking Gullah -- Life before and after the Bridge -- A Gullah-Geechee Family's Ties -- Where Religion and Justice Intersect -- Leaving Geechee Behind -- The Double-Edged Sword. |
| Abstract | "A mysterious name initiates a journey to discover one family's past, and reveals more than was expected. It began with a name. Sancho. Gleaned from the memory of his oldest living relative, that name set author Keith Rushing on a quest to recover his family's story. Rushing came to learn that Sancho was an African name, a common practice among the Gullah-Geechee communities of the South Carolina and Georgia Sea Islands. He found that Sancho had been born into slavery on Hilton Head Island and later fought as a soldier in a war for self-emancipation. Rushing learned that after that war Sancho had become a small landowner. Above all, he discovered that his family's story was richer than he had ever imagined. In Descended, Rushing recounts his own journey of discovery, and in the process unfurls a dramatic story about the transformation of Hilton Head. Descended is a story about family, place, and the desire to understand where we have been and where we are going"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-203) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2024051784 |
| ISBN | 9781643365626 hardcover |
| ISBN | ebook |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |