Rooted in the Earth: Reclaiming the African American Environmental Heritage
Lawrence Hill Books, 2010. Paperback. New softcover in printed wraps. Text is clean and free of marks or underlining. Includes author's notes, index, and photos. 178 pp.
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ISBN: 9781556527661
Crossing the ocean on a slave ship, working the land under threat of violence, eluding racists in nighttime chases through moonless fields and woodlands, stumbling across a murder victim hanging from a tree--these are images associated with the African American experience of nature. Over the decades, many African Americans have come to accept that natural areas are dangerous. Unfamiliar with the culture's rich environmental heritage, people overlook the knowledge and skills required at every turn in black history: thriving in natural settings in ancestral African lands, using and discovering farming techniques to survive during slavery and Reconstruction, and navigating escape routes to freedom, all of which required remarkable outdoor talents and a level of expertise far beyond what's needed to hike or camp in a national forest or park.
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