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Draft:Samuel Gaillard Stoney

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Samuel Gaillard Stoney (August 29, 1891 - July 30, 1968) was a historian and preservationist in South Carolina. He wrote a collection of Gullah creation stories, a novel about miscegenation, and several books and articles about Charleston, South Carolina.[1]

He graduated from the College of Charleston and received an architecture degree from Georgia Institute of Technology.[1]

He married in 1933 to poet Frances Frost. They divorced.[1]

He was a lecturer at the College of Charleston from from 1949 to 1966.

Writings

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  • A collection of creation tales told in Gullah, Black Genesis (1930), a collection of creation tales
  • Po’ Buckra (1930), a novel addressing miscegnation
  • Charleston: Azaleas and Old Brick (1937)
  • Plantations of the Carolina Low Country (1938)
  • This Is Charleston (1944)
  • The Story of South Carolina’s Senior Bank: The Bank of Charleston (1955)
  • The Dulles Family in South Carolina (1955)

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Stoney, Samuel Gaillard".
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