Description: Slave Ghost Stories: Tales of Hags, Hants, Ghosts, & Diamondback Rattlerscompiled and edited by Nancy RhynePublished by Sandlapper Pub Co, 2002. First Edition. Very good trade paperback. Tight binding, solid spine, clean unmarked text, 152 pages. Ghosts, southern states, slaves, interviews, African Americans, History 19th century, oral traditions, plantation life, supernatural, folklore. A compilation of stories borrowed from former slaves of North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. These tales were gathered by the WPA in the years 1935-1939. The slaves were asked questions about their family history and the widespread belief in spirits of various sorts. According to these stories, the five main creatures that "walked the night" were hags, hants, boo-daddies, plat-eyes and ghosts. All had separate characteristics. Hags disguised themselves as regular people, but at midnight they would shed their skin and torment their enemies, draining them of their energy. Hants lived in trees and would torture their victims day and night. Boo-daddies were reincarnations of witch doctors. Plat-eyes could take the form of an animal, sometimes changing from one animal to another. Ghosts were seen coming out of graveyards at night. This book relates the stories of these spirits based upon eyewitness accounts of former slaves. Loc: A4StoreAdd to FavoritesFeedbackSLAVE GHOST STORIES Collected in 1930s by WPA Works Pogress WITCHES HAGS HANTS Slave Ghost Stories: Tales of Hags, Hants, Ghosts, & Diamondback Rattlerscompiled and edited by Nancy RhynePublished by Sandlapper Pub Co, 2002. First Edition. Very good trade paperback. Tight binding, solid spine, clean unmarked text, 152 pages. Ghosts, southern states, slaves, interviews, African Americans, History 19th century, oral traditions, plantation life, supernatural, folklore. A compilation of stories borrowed from former slaves of North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. These tales were gathered by the WPA in the years 1935-1939. The slaves were asked questions about their family history and the widespread belief in spirits of various sorts. According to these stories, the five main creatures that "walked the night" were hags, hants, boo-daddies, plat-eyes and ghosts. All had separate characteristics. Hags disguised themselves as regular people, but at midnight they would shed their skin and torment their enemies, draining them of their energy. Hants lived in trees and would torture their victims day and night. Boo-daddies were reincarnations of witch doctors. Plat-eyes could take the form of an animal, sometimes changing from one animal to another. Ghosts were seen coming out of graveyards at night. This book relates the stories of these spirits based upon eyewitness accounts of former slaves. Loc: A4
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Original Language: English
Features: Trade Paperback
Type: Trade Paperback
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Narrative Type: Fiction
Edition: First Edition
Signed: No
Intended Audience: Adults, Young Adults
Vintage: Yes
Ex Libris: No
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Era: 2000s
ISBN: 0878441646
Publisher: Sandlapper Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2002
Book Title: Slave Ghost Stories : Tales of Hags, Hants, Ghosts and Diamondback Rattlers
Topic: Slavery, Historiography, United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), Supernatural, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Number of Pages: Xiii, 152 Pages
Language: English
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit, Social Science, History
Author: Nancy Rhyne
Format: Hardcover
