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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

INTRODUCTION

1 • THE ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE AND THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE

2 • ADDING TO MY BREAD AND GREENS
Enslaved Cookery in British Colonial America

3 • HOG AND HOMINY
Southern Foodways in the Nineteenth Century

4 • THE GREAT MIGRATION
From the Black Belt to the Freedom Belt

5 • THE BEANS AND GREENS OF NECESSITY
African Americans and the Great Depression

6 • EATING JIM CROW
Restaurants, Barbecue Stands, and Bars and Grills During Segregation

7 • THE CHITLIN CIRCUIT
The Origins and Meanings of Soul and Soul Food

8 • THE DECLINING INFLUENCE OF SOUL FOOD
The Growth of Caribbean Cuisine in Urban Areas

9 • FOOD REBELS
African American Critics and Opponents of Soul Food

EPILOGUE

NOTES        BIBLIOGRAPHY        INDEX

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