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…
Black Food History
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Meeting Rose Nicaud
Rose Nicaud was a coffee vendor or one of les vendeuses selling in New Orleans’ French Market. Her vending began on free Sundays when she, an enslaved woman, was allowed to make and sell coffee to earn money. It is said that she was to have purchased her freedom selling…

