"Religion was neither forced on the slavery nor accepted naively. For the enslaved, religion was a practice that provided encounters with God, revelations that revealed the presence of God, gifts that shined light on his glory and observed acts that were daily evidence of his way making—a faith engaged with the strength, signs, and mercy of his help."
An edition of A Portion of Fault: A Sea Island Prayer After The Civil War
(2014)
"A Portion of Fault:"
A Sea Island Prayer After The Civil War
by Walter Rhett
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April 25, 2014 | History
This short-form, non-fiction work of 20 pages includes a new transcript of a 1932 Gullah prayer recorded by Lorenzo Dow Turner, archived in the Library of Congress online; describes features of the Gullah language and faith view, lists beatific visions in several Gullah spirituals and shares key Gullah folktales. The work highlights many first person voices.
It briefly surveys a family's plantation holdings, the era's cultural attitudes, enslaved religious life in urban Charleston, and features FSA photographs by Marion Post Wolcott and Dorothea Lange from the era of Turner's recording, which gives the work its title.
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Gullah, faith, religion, slavery, spirituals, folktales, WPA narratives, St. Michael's Church, Library of CongressTimes
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Too many studies have “read in” outside values and criticized those who put Gullah dynamics at the center of its own story. Too little respect, too much intrusion; both neglect the eighth day: what the Gullah built within an institution that turned their better efforts to the voice within.
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| April 25, 2014 | Edited by Walter Rhett | Added new cover |
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| April 25, 2014 | Edited by Walter Rhett | Edited without comment. |
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