Good Li’l Boys and Girls from the Palmetto State of South Carolina

About the Book

The ex-slaves of South Carolina gave their experiences of being slaves as children and talked about what it was like living on the plantations throughout the state. The book is one of twelve books of the Black Children Speak series. The books are compiled from the interviews with slaves taken by the interviewers of the Federal Writers’ Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1936–1938. Most of the ex-slaves who were interviewed were children during slavery and gave interviews of their experiences and insights from living on plantations. The ex-slaves answered questions on all aspects of the plantations in seventeen states of the United States before the Civil War. African Americans were freed from slavery after the Civil War in 1865. The series is dedicated to all people.

About the Author

Sharon Hunt is a freelance writer and is a retiree from a historically black college and university (HBCU). Ms. Hunt writes cookbooks and children books. Most of her books include learning scenarios centered around what people should know about the African American experience. For her cookbooks, most of her works are about Georgia and African American history. The recipes represent different regions of Georgia and the honor of the two hundred or more years of how the plantation cooks prepared foods for the plantation owners and their slaves. Her most famous cookbook, Bread from Heaven, has sold thousands of copies. Ms. Hunt sold her Bread from Heaven cookbook for a record of three times on QVC Home Shopping Network. Ms. Hunt graduated with BS and MS degrees from Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma. She majored in food and nutrition and is a registered dietitian. She did further study at Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas. Ms. Hunt served as a charter president of the Warner Robins Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., Warner Robins, Georgia. Ms. Hunt cofounded the undergraduate chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. at Oklahoma State University. Ms. Hunt received three grants from the Georgia Endowment of Humanities. The grants were funded by Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia. She is a Kellogg Enhancement Recipient from the University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. Ms. Hunt is a charter member of the National Museum of African American History and Culture.