Growing Up Gullah in the Lowcountry

by Josie Olsvig

Book Overview

This is a bright, colorful and informative children's book about the Gullah culture derived from West African slave descendants. It is a book that may be used to explain differing cultures and black history. The author acquaints the reader with heirs' property, the parcels of land many of the Gullah live on in the Lowcountry and surrounding Sea Islands acquired by freedmen after the Civil War. Other numerous aspects of the Gullah culture are introduced...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1641114029
• ISBN13: 9781641114028
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Palmetto Publishing Group
• Length: 62 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.5" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 7 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 7