“After observing southern culture for some time, Emily Burke concluded that the people of the South would not think they could subsist… — Sam Bowers Hilliard Life Copy Share Image
“An ex-slave commented on their gastronomical worth: “but verily there is nothing in all butcherdom so delicious as a roasted ’possum.” — Sam Bowers Hilliard Copy Share Image
“In reminiscing about the area between Augusta and Wilkes County in Georgia one writer remarked: The grand groves of oak and hickory… — Sam Bowers Hilliard Gardening Copy Share Image
