The Good Li L Boys and Girls from Down Home in Georgia
Book is compiled of the ex-slaves explanations of their lives as children on the plantations during the times of slavery in Georgia from 1750-1865. In the authors opinion, the ex-slaves stories can be compared to some of the stories in the Bible. All of the slaves called the plantation owners Master.
The author wrote the book to serve as a history book for all ethnic groups, who want to learn more about slavery.
African-Americans were freed from slavery after the Civil War in 1865.
Giới thiệu về tác giả
Sharon Hunt, a freelance writer and a retiree from a Historically Black College and Universities(HBCU), writes cookbooks and children books. In her books, she includes learning scenarios for children as well as adults.
For her cookbooks, most of her work is about Georgia
And African-American history. The recipes represent
different regions of Georgia and the ‘honor’ of the 200
years of the plantations cooks in preparing foods for the
plantation owners and their slaves. Her most famous cookbook-Bread from Heaven- has sold thousands of copies. Ms. Hunt sold her Bread from Heaven cookbook a record three times on QVC Home Shopping Network.
Ms. Hunt graduated with B.S. and M.S. degrees from
Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
She majored in food and nutrition and is a registered dietitian. She did further study at Kansas State University,
Manhattan, Kansas.
Ms. Hunt served as the charter president of the Warner
Robins Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. She is a life member od Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Ms. Hunt co-founded the undergraduate chapter
of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Chapter at Oklahoma State
University.
Ms. Hunt received three grants from the Georgia Endowment of Humanities, Atlanta, Georgia. She is a Kellogg Enhancement Recipient from the University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.
Ms. Hunt is a charter member of the National Museum of
AFRICAN AMERICAN History and Culture.
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