A man and wife, she is Cajan, he from South Carolina, kids, not accepted. A young boy tells Mr Carmer half French, half Indian, no black. Where did they come from? Who knows and really cares? They do. Mobile and the Bayou Country, containing the lovely city of Mobile and the two different and interesting islands, Coq d' Inde and Dauphin Island.Ĭajan Country, different folks. The evil, tricky alligator who couldn't be caught and raised much mischief wherever he went, the songs of the blacks, Wade Finley, a strange one, Ida Carter, the Conjure Woman who had so many ways of curing different sicknesses and problems. The Black Belt is the largest part of the book.īut I think I enjoyed the last three sections more. These are the best and still well known, never to be forgotten. I always enjoy the stories of Brer Rabbit. Blacks were still being beaten, people told Mr Carmer stories of how it once was, both blacks and white were good, interesting story tellers, stories of outlaws, admired somewhat. The Black Belt, rich farmland, some old plantation type homes from the days before the Civil War. The word N is used too much, but that was the time and place. The people were against the War Between The States, didn't care for balcks, they took away good jobs. Folks are not that well educated, impressed by Mr Carmer being a professor, perfessor. Mr Carmer's next trip is into Alabama's Red Hills, the far north. I do not care for the KKK though I know it still exists. I was more interested in the black churches, their ways of worshiping, their songs. He wrote about going to college dances where young people were enjoying each other's company. He began in Tuscaloosa where he began teaching. When he toured these areas, he was accompanied by friends who were knowledgeable about these areas and took him to parts he was interested in seeing. He has divided his book into six sections. Mr Carmer, from upstate New York, was an associate professor of English in Tuscaloosa, traveled around the state and wrote about what he saw and experienced. Things have changed in this state as needed.
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