HAPPY FRIDAY P.O.U.! We continue our series on Caribbean and African-American Ghost Stories... SPIRITS & WITCHES (Coastal Georgia) The following are several stories collected by the Federal Writers' Project in Georgia in the 1930s: Cuffy Wilson, sitting in the clean-swept yard which surrounded his whitewashed house, told us about the much discussed … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: Caribbean & African-American Ghost Stories
Federal Writers' Project
Monday Open Thread: Caribbean & African-American Ghost Stories
GOOD MONDAY MORNING P.O.U.! (Originally published 10/21/2013) To get us into the spirit (no pun intended) of Halloween, this week's series will be devoted to Caribbean and African-American ghost stories. MAGNOLIA CEMETERY: GHOST ROMANCE AT NIGHT IN CHAPEL (Charleston, S.C.) … [Read more...] about Monday Open Thread: Caribbean & African-American Ghost Stories
Saturday Open Thread: Bullwhip Days, Voices Of Our People
Good Morning POU! James Martin - on the slave auctions The slaves are put in stalls like the pens they use for cattle- a man and his wife with a child on each arm. And there's a curtain, sometimes just a sheet over the front of the stall, so the bidders can't see the "stock" too soon. The overseer's standin' just outside with a big blacksnake whip and pepperbox … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: Bullwhip Days, Voices Of Our People
Friday Open Thread: Bullwhip Days, Voices Of Our People
TGIF! Lord knows its been a trying week! Auction & Negro Sales, Atlanta, 1864 Walter Rimm, Texas "My pappy wasn't 'fraid of nothin'. He am light cullud from de white blood, and he runs away sev'ral times. Dere am big woods all round and we sees lots of run-awayers. One old fellow name John been a run-awayer for four years and de patterrollers* tries all dey … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: Bullwhip Days, Voices Of Our People
Thursday Open Thread: Bullwhip Days, Voices Of Our People
Good Morning POU! Ok, center, peace.....breathe...in, out......in, out...alright, ready to read today's entries. Mary Armstrong, Texas - on her childhood, witnessing sister's death "You see, my mamma belong to old William Cleveland and old Polly Cleveland, and they was the meanest two white folks what ever lived, 'cause they was allus beatin' on their slaves. I … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: Bullwhip Days, Voices Of Our People