An Alabama Barbecue

An Alabama Barbecue, 1864

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By Parthenia Antoinette Hague Then there were the annual barbecues that each and all planters gave without fail to their slaves when the crops had all been laid by, which semi-holiday weeks embraced the last of July and the first of August. I remember in particular one barbecue roast that I witnessed one night in company with the household. The …