Covey, Herbert C, <br/><br/>
What the slaves ate :  recollections of African American foods and foodways from the slave narratives /  [print] 
Herbert C. Covey and Dwight Eisnach. 
 - Santa Barbara, California :  Greenwood Press,  (c)2009. 
 - xi, 311 pages :  illustrations ;  26 cm. 
 - American mosaic .
 - American mosaic. .
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<br/><br/>The WPA narratives and slave diets --  Slave nutrition --  African roots and food traditions --  Slave cooking and meals --  Vegetables --  Meat --  Wild game and fish --  Dairy --  Grains, cereals, and baked goods --  Fruits, nuts, and coffee --  Celebrations, special occasions, and the war --  Closing observations --  Appendices. Foods identified in the WPA narratives. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780313374975 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009003907 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Slaves--Diet--History.--United States<br/>African Americans--Food--History.<br/>African American cooking--History.<br/>Food--Social aspects--History.--United States<br/>Cooking, American--Southern style--History.<br/>Slave narratives--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E443.E36.W438 2009