GOOD MORNING PRAGOBOTS! We hope you're enjoying your weekend! We conclude our series on African-American Ghost Stories with another haunting tale from South Carolina... "A HERMIT'S GHOST" Another narrative from the Federal Writers' Project: There once lived a man who stayed to himself as much as he could. Perhaps a hermit's life he lived. Seldom did he speak … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: African-American Ghost Stories
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Friday Open Thread: African-American Ghost Stories
HAPPY FRIDAY POU! We continue our series on African-American Ghost Stories. GHOST STORIES FROM THE FEDERAL WRITERS' PROJECT From Wikipedia: Established on July 27, 1935, by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the Federal Writers' Project (FWP) operated under journalist and theatrical producer Henry Alsberg, and later John D. Newsome, compiling local … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: African-American Ghost Stories
Thursday Open Thread: African-American Ghost Stories
GOOD MORNING PRAGOBOTS! We continue our series on African-American Ghost Stories. "THE WHOLE HOG"By Abiola Sinclair From the New York Amsterdam News: The slaves wanted to have a party, but there wasn't enough food for a real party. So one of the older slaves, Uncle Jeb, massa's favorite, said he'd be able to get the food for the party, providing it … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: African-American Ghost Stories
Wednesday Open Thread: African-American Ghost Stories
HAPPY HALLOWEEN POU! We continue our look at African-American Ghost Stories. "THE PLAT-EYE" From The Moonlit Road: Like many other Southern folktales, the “plat-eye” stories were brought over by African-Americans who had been sold into slavery in the 18th and 19th centuries. They are especially prevalent in the coastal Gullah communities of Georgia and South … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: African-American Ghost Stories
Tuesday Open Thread: African-American Ghost Stories
GOOD MORNING POU! We continue our look at African-American Ghost Stories. THE GRAY WOLF'S HA'NT From The Companion to Southern Literature: Themes, Genres, Places, People, Movements, and Motifs: In the works of African American writers, though, slaves use ghost stories to undermine white authority. Uncle Julius, from Charles Chesnutt's collection The … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: African-American Ghost Stories