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Author Opala, Joseph.
Title The Gullah : rice, slavery and the Sierra Leone-American connection / Joseph A. Opala.
Publication Info Freetown, Sierra Leone : United States Information Service, 1987.


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Descript [4], 36 p. : ill., facsims. map, ports. ; 21 cm.
Note Cover title.
"This pamphlet was commissioned by the United States Information Service, Freetown, Sierra Leone, in observance of the bicentenary of Sierra Leone and of the bicentennial of the Constitution of the United States of America" -- inside front cover.
Contents South Carolina rice plantations -- Bance Island in Sierra Leone -- Origin of the Gullah -- Gullah customs and traditions -- The Gullah language -- Black Seminoles: Gullahs who escaped from slavery -- The Gullah today -- Conclusion.
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Author Opala, Joseph.
Subject Gullahs.
African Americans -- South Carolina.
African Americans -- Georgia.
Black Seminoles.
Slavery -- United States.
Sea Islands Creole dialect.
Sierra Leone -- History.
Alt author United States Information Service (Freetown, Sierra Leone)
Descript [4], 36 p. : ill., facsims. map, ports. ; 21 cm.
Note Cover title.
"This pamphlet was commissioned by the United States Information Service, Freetown, Sierra Leone, in observance of the bicentenary of Sierra Leone and of the bicentennial of the Constitution of the United States of America" -- inside front cover.
Contents South Carolina rice plantations -- Bance Island in Sierra Leone -- Origin of the Gullah -- Gullah customs and traditions -- The Gullah language -- Black Seminoles: Gullahs who escaped from slavery -- The Gullah today -- Conclusion.
Author Opala, Joseph.
Subject Gullahs.
African Americans -- South Carolina.
African Americans -- Georgia.
Black Seminoles.
Slavery -- United States.
Sea Islands Creole dialect.
Sierra Leone -- History.
Alt author United States Information Service (Freetown, Sierra Leone)
LOCATION SHELVED AT LOAN TYPE STATUS
 Wilberforce Institute  E 185.93 S7 O6  DEPT DECISION  ASK AT DEPT

Subject Gullahs.
African Americans -- South Carolina.
African Americans -- Georgia.
Black Seminoles.
Slavery -- United States.
Sea Islands Creole dialect.
Sierra Leone -- History.
Descript [4], 36 p. : ill., facsims. map, ports. ; 21 cm.
Note Cover title.
"This pamphlet was commissioned by the United States Information Service, Freetown, Sierra Leone, in observance of the bicentenary of Sierra Leone and of the bicentennial of the Constitution of the United States of America" -- inside front cover.
Contents South Carolina rice plantations -- Bance Island in Sierra Leone -- Origin of the Gullah -- Gullah customs and traditions -- The Gullah language -- Black Seminoles: Gullahs who escaped from slavery -- The Gullah today -- Conclusion.
Alt author United States Information Service (Freetown, Sierra Leone)

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