Legacies of Slavery and the Shared History of the South

Myra Davis-Branic discusses how writing a book about her family’s history led to a chance meeting which grew into a friendship with Frye Gaillard, 6^th X Great-grandson of the man who enslaved her family on a South Carolina plantation. The discussion includes a video presentation of our conversations in Mobile Alabama at the University of South Alabama as well as a question-and-answer opportunity. The main themes include slavery, South Carolina History, South Carolina/Gullah Geechee folklore, the shared legacy of slavery between the family of the enslaved and the family of the enslaver, and reconciliation.