Night’s a Shadow; Day’s a Shine
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Night’s a Shadow; Day’s a Shine

A Geechee Tale

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Night’s a Shadow; Day’s a Shine

A Geechee Tale

About this book

"The drums boomed unceasingly, beating the rhythm of change bounding across Skidaway Island--change to the lives of every poor soul rooted in sand on the fragile, wind-swept island." Geechees Lizzie and her daughter Dicie suffer as enslaved cotton field workers on the sub-tropical island. Dicie's beloved father is sold to a rice planter, ripping the family apart. The Geechees rejoice in 1865 when General Sherman captures Savannah and sets them free, but his Field Order No. 15 (40 acres and a mule) confiscates the land mother and daughter farm. One thousand black men rush to Skidaway Island to claim Lizzie and Dicie's home and crops. Her father returns, but relations between her parents break down, even before he embarks on a wild scheme to make money. Will Lizzie's clandestine ability to understand numbers get her killed? Will family secrets foil Dicie's chances with the handsome young drummer on the next plantation? To survive, Dicie must master the ancient African magic practiced by her mother. Geechees call the rituals "rooting," but others call them witchcraft. Against the turmoil of Civil War and Reconstruction, a young girl struggles to preserve her family and to find love.

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Information

Publisher
Resource Publications
Year
2025
Print ISBN
9798385249770
9798385249787
eBook ISBN
9798385249794
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Historical Fiction
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Chapter 1: September 1856
  4. Chapter 2: September 1856
  5. Chapter 3: September 1856
  6. Chapter 4: September 1856
  7. Chapter 5: March 1857–January 1858
  8. Chapter 6: February 1858–November 1858
  9. Chapter 7: October 1859
  10. Chapter 8: June 1860
  11. Chapter 9: April 1861–January 1862
  12. Chapter 10: January 1862
  13. Chapter 11: February 1862–January 1864
  14. Chapter 12: February 1864
  15. Chapter 13: April 1864
  16. Chapter 14: April–August 1864
  17. Chapter 15: August 1864
  18. Chapter 16: January 1865
  19. Chapter 17: January 1865
  20. Chapter 18: January 1865
  21. Chapter 19: January 1865
  22. Chapter 20: January 1865
  23. Chapter 21: January 1865
  24. Chapter 22: March–April 1865
  25. Chapter 23: April 1865
  26. Chapter 24: April 1865
  27. Chapter 25: April 1865
  28. Chapter 26: May 1865–July1865
  29. Chapter 27: July 1865
  30. Chapter 28: July 1865
  31. Chapter 29: September 1865
  32. Chapter 30: January–February 1866
  33. Chapter 31: March 1867
  34. Chapter 32: April 1867
  35. Chapter 33: April–August 1867
  36. Chapter 34: August 1867
  37. Chapter 35: August 1867
  38. Chapter 36: October 1867–December 1867
  39. Chapter 37: January 1868
  40. Chapter 38: February 1868–November 1868
  41. Chapter 39: December 1868
  42. Chapter 40: December 1868
  43. Chapter 41: December 1868
  44. Chapter 42: December 1868
  45. Chapter 43: December 1868
  46. Chapter 44: December 1868
  47. Chapter 45: December 1868
  48. Chapter 46: December 1868

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