Catching Sense: African American Communities on a South Carolina Sea Island

by Patricia Guthrie

Plantation membership, an important association that continues to carry meaning in today's African-American communities on the Sea Islands, depends on one's residence between the ages of two and 12. This is the time when one catches sense, or learns the difference between right and wrong and the meaning of social relationships. Plantation membership confers rights and duties to its members for life, particularly in the areas of dispute settlement,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0897894251
• ISBN13: 9780897894258
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.5"