Patricia Taylor brings a unique point of view to this book. She has traveled to Africa, Asia, Europe and South America. Her travels to North, South, East and West Africa gives her the knowledge of ...показать большеPatricia Taylor brings a unique point of view to this book. She has traveled to Africa, Asia, Europe and South America. Her travels to North, South, East and West Africa gives her the knowledge of the area, its people and history. Her travels to New York, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi takes the reader on a chilling journey of American History before Emancipation, when Union Troops arrived.
Taylor’s grandparents were Louisiana sharecroppers. She was born in the small town of Plaquemine, Louisiana. Since the publishing of the book “Roots” by Alex Haley, she has had a strong interest on the arrival of Africans to America and their migration to the South.показать меньше