Good Li’l Boys and Girls from the Buckeye State Of Ohio (Free State) and the Hoosier State of Indiana (Free State) Black Children Speak Series!

About the Book

The Good Li’l Boys and Girls from the Buckeye State of Ohio and the Hoosier State of Indiana book is a compilation of stories of slave narratives shared by ex-slaves who either escaped to these two free states or moved to freedom. The ex-slaves described their experiences as children in slavery. The book is a part of a twelve-book series of Black Children Speak.

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.