The black border
- Subtitle
- Gullah stories of the Carolina coast (with a glossary)
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1. THE BLACK BORDER2. FOREWORD3. NOBLESSE OBLIGE4. “MY MAUSSUH”5. AN ANTEMORTEM DEMISE6. THE LION OF LEWISBURG7. THE LION KILLER8. “OLD BARNEY”9. “BILLYBEDAM”10. A SHORT CUT TO JUSTICE11. SAM DICKERSON12. SIMON, THE “SQUERRIL” HUNTER13. THE “CUNJUH” THAT CAME BACK14. THE RACCOON HUNTER15. THE TURKEY HUNTER16. THE GATOR HUNTER17. “THE WILES THAT IN THE WOMEN ARE”18. A RICEFIELD IDYLL19. THE DOWER HOUSE20. AT THE CROSS ROADS STORE21. MINGO, THE DRILL MASTER22. “OLD HARRISON”23. A MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE24. THE PLAT-EYE25. “OLD PICKETT”26. THE LOST BUCK27. JIM MOULTRIE’S DIVORCE28. “BUH ALLIGETTUH EN’ BUH DEER”29. BUH HAWSS EN’ BUH MULE A FABLE30. LISS “BIN EENSULT”31. THE RETORT COURTEOUS32. THE CAT WAS CRAZY33. A CONGAREE WATER-COLOR34. WAITING TILL THE BRIDEGROOMS COME35. A GULLAH’S TALE OF WOE36. THE DOCTOR DIDN’T “EXCEED”37. THE LADY COULDN’T “SPECIFY”38. A QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE39. CONDUCTOR SMITH’S DILEMMA40. ONE WAS TAKEN—THE OTHER LEFT41. EGG-ZACTLY42. AN INTERRUPTED OFFERTORY43. A FLAW IN THE “EENDITEMENT”44. OLD WINE—NEW BOTTLES45. A GULLAH GLOSSARY46. Vocabulary47. Buh Wolf, Buh Rabbit, and de Tar Baby Jones’s Version48. The Wonderful Tar-Baby Story Harris’s Version