Yuletide in Dixie: Slavery, Christmas, and Southern Memory by Robert E. May

Yuletide in Dixie: Slavery, Christmas, and Southern Memory

Robert E. May

352 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history religion challenging informative medium-paced
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How did enslaved African Americans in the Old South really experience Christmas? Did Christmastime provide slaves with a lengthy and jubilant respite from labor and the whip, as is generally assumed, or is the story far more complex and troubling?...

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