Black Food History

  • Black Women in Seafood: The History & Heritage

    Sapelo sage, storyteller and heritage-keeper Cornelia Walker-Bailey once explained the nature of fishing, crabbing, oyster-picking and shrimping on the barrier island. In an interview with Dionne Hoskins, Walker-Bailey explained that the women fished during the day (men fished at night), while the men were at work. They fished for their families and they fished to…