Daughters of the Dust

Julie Dash

Original title: Daughters of the dust

earliest edition we have, 1997 Plume, 1999 320 pages

A black woman anthropologist from 1920s New York visits the Sea Islands off the coast of the Carolinas and discovers her roots. A look at the culture of the Gullah people, descendants of blacks who intermarried with Indians.

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Daughters of the Dust edition · 1999 · Plume · 320 pages · 9780452276079
Daughters of the dust edition · 1997 · Dutton · 310 pages · 9780525941095

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