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Scarlet Sister Mary

Julia Peterkin

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Scarlet Sister Mary is the story of a free-spirited woman's life in the post-Emancipation South. It is unique in its portrayal of an African-American community as capable of independent existence in the South at that time. The culture of the community is portrayed most interestingly and permeates through the religious, spiritual and even medical undertones of story.

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Publisher
University of Georgia Press
ISBN-13
9780820319568
Genre
Fiction
Topics
African-American life in the post-Emancipation SouthIndependent womanhood and rebellionCommunity culture and spirituality

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