A plantation mistress who vowed to "write what is, even if it is unpleasant", Julia Peterkin, at the age of 40, revolutionized American literature by writing seriously about the lives of plain black farming people on the Gullah coast of South Carolina. Her writing earned praise from the likes of W.E.B. Du Bois, Langston Hughes, and H.L. Mencken. This is the first full account of her life. 40 photos.
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A plantation mistress who vowed to "write what is, even if it is unpleasant", Julia Peterkin, at the age of 40, revolutionized American literature by writing seriously about the lives of plain black farming people on the Gullah coast of South Carolina. Her writing earned praise from the likes of W.E.B. Du Bois, Langston Hughes, and H.L. Mencken. This is the first full account of her life. 40 photos.
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