(My Version) - Proposed - the Best 17Th Century Georgia Black Cooks: First Thanksgiving and Christmas Emanuel Cookbook

By Sharon Kaye Hunt R.D.

The Eight Book Series are dedicated to the First Slaves’ Thanksgiving and Christmas Dinners Celebrations in the United States who arrived before 1600s. The first Thanksgiving of the Pilgrims has made history since 1621. The first slaves Arrived in the Carolinas in the 1500s and 1600s. However, some of the slaves escaped To the area where the homelands of American Indian Tribes. The noted American Indian Tribes in Georgia at that time were Cherokees, Creeks and Seminoles and tribes With other names. The escaped slaves allegedly lived among the American Indians homelands For many years before the statehood of Georgia. For this cookbook, the escaped slaves Are referred to as “Refugees”. Even though slavery was very harsh, the slaves were able to create meals From what ever was available. The slaves carved cooking and eating utensils From wood from different varieties of trees. Even though the slaves were treated terribly and prohibited from Reading, writing, or going to church, the slaves were able to get patents and serve in the Civil War.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jan 20, 2021
• ISBN: 9781664150621

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(My Version)

- PROPOSED -

THE BEST 17TH CENTURY

GEORGIA

BLACK COOKS

(OUTSTANDING REFUGEES)

FIRST THANKSGIVING AND

CHRISTMAS EMANUEL COOKBOOK

PRE-AND POST SLAVERY EMANCIPATION SLAVERY REVIEWS

Proposed Food Revelations from Heaven

(Jehovah-Jireh) to First American Slaves

Book Series No. 6

SHARON KAYE HUNT

Copyright © 2021 by Sharon Kaye Hunt.

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CONTENTS

Dedication

Disclaimer

Preface

Information About Slavery

The State of Georgia

Chapter 1    Possible Food Sources and Food Preparation Method for Refugees(Escaped Slaves) Allegedly Living Among the American Indians in the Historic High Country- Northern Cherokees and Choctaw Indians

Chapter 2    Proposed First Thanksgiving and First Christmas Dinners Menus for the Refugees(Escaped Slaves) Allegedly Living Among the American Indians in the Historic High Country -Cherokees and Choctaw Indians

Chapter 3    Possible Food Sources and Food Preparation Methods for Refugees(Escaped Slaves) Allegedly Living Among the American Indians in the Northeast Georgia Mountains-Cherokees and Choctaw Indians

Chapter 4    Possible Food Sources and Food Preparation Methods Used by Refugees(Escaped Slaves) Allegedly Living Among American Indians in the Plantation Trace Region

Chapter 5    Proposed First Thanksgiving and First Christmas Dinners for the Refugees(Escaped Slaves) Allegedly Living Among the American Indians in the Plantation Trace Region

Chapter 6    Possible Food Source and Food Preparation Methods for Refugees(Escaped Slaves) Allegedly Living Among the American Indians in Historic Heartland-Lower Creeks and Seminole Indians

Chapter 7    Proposed First Thanksgiving Dinner and First Christmas Dinner Menus for the Refugees(Escaped Slaves) Allegedly Living Among the American Indians-Seminole and Creeks

Chapter 8    Proposed First Thanksgiving and First Christmas Dinner Menus for Refugees(Slaves)Allegedly Living Among the American Indians in the Magnolia Midlands Area (Guale Indians)

Chapter 9    Possible Food Sources and Food Preparation Methods Used by Refugees(Slaves) Allegedly Living Among the American Indians (Hitchite) in the Presidential Pathways Region

Chapter 10    Proposed First Thanksgiving and First Christmas Dinner Menus for Refugees(Slaves) Allegedly Living Among the American Indians in the Presidential Pathways Area (Choctaw Indians)

Chapter 11    Possible Food Sources and Food Preparation Methods That May Have Been Used by the Refugees(Slaves) in the Atlanta Metro Area

Chapter 15    Proposed First Thanksgiving and First Christmas Dinner    Menus for Refugees(Slaves) Allegedly Living Among    American Indians in the Atlanta Metro Area

Chapter 12    Possible Food Sources and Food Preparation Methods Used by Refugees(Slaves)Allegedly Living in the Among the American Indians in the Classic South Region -Creeks Cherokees

Chapter 17    Proposed First Thanksgiving and First Christmas Dinner Menus    for Refugees(Slaves) Allegedly Living Among the American    Indians in the Classic South Region-Creeks and Cherokees

Chapter 13    Possible Food Sources and Food Preparation Methods That May have been Used by Refugees(Slaves) Allegedly Living Among the American Indians in the Colonial Coast-Creek and Seminole Indians

Chapter 14    Proposed First Thanksgiving Dinner and First Christmas Menus for Refugees(Slaves) Allegedly Living Among American Indians in the Colonial Coast Area-Seminole and Creek Indians

Chapter 15    Recipes for Appetizers Courses

Chapter 16    Recipes for Soups and Stews Courses

Chapter 17    Proposed Recipes for Entrees or Meat Courses for the Refugees(Escaped Slaves)

Chapter 18    Proposed Recipes for Starch Accompaniments for the Refugees(Escaped Slaves)

Chapter 19    Proposed Recipes for Vegetable Accompaniments for the Refugees(Escaped Slaves)

Chapter 20    Proposed Recipes for Homemade Breads for the Refugees(Escaped Slaves)

Chapter 21    Proposed Recipes for Desserts Courses for the Refugees(Escaped Slaves)

Chapter 22    Proposed Recipes for Beverages for the Refugees(Escaped Slaves)

Chapter 23    Proposed Recipes for the Snacks for the Refugees(Escaped Slaves)

CHAPTER 24    Black Inventions

References

DEDICATION

The author is thankful for the favor of Jesus Christ in HIS fiving her ideas. She dedicates all of her work back to Him.

Also, she dedicates this Book Series to all slaves and their descendants to NATIVE (First) Americans, and to the world, as a whole, who have profited from the slaves’ food knowledge and food preparation methods.

Commit thy works to the Lord, and thy thoughts will be established.

Proverbs 16:13

The author is especially thankful to her parents, Dewey and Repol B. Hunt for their wealth of knowledge about slavery and teaching her about slavery.

The book is dedicated to all African-American Georgian born before 1940s. The author spent more than 40 years in Georgia.

The author found out that one out of every 4 African-Americans born before the 40s said they had an American Indian (Cherokee or Seminole) grandfather or grandmother.

DISCLAIMER

The information about slaves’ food selectin and menu development were developed by the author. All of the recipes were developed by the author and do not represent ideas of others. Biblical scriptures were selected by the author.

The recipes and menu items were developed on the availability of foods in the 1600s and foods that grew in the wild in Georgia.

-The Slave NARRATIVES ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. The Slave NARRATIVES WERE PUBLISHED by the Library of Congress.

PREFACE

Each year a history of the First Thanksgiving in the United States is recognized As the date of 1621, but no mention of the slaves’ first Thanksgiving though some slaves arrived in the United States in 1619.

The author has written eight books showing arrival dates of slaves in different parts of the United States before the Pilgrims’ arrival date of 1620.

Therefore, the author has written eight books for the Series – Proposed Food Revelations from Heaven (Jehovah-Jireh) to First American Slaves to propose what the first slaves may have prepared and eaten for their first Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners menus.

To gain some insights into the slaves’ lives, some of the slave narratives that are in the public domain.

The name of the book (My Version)Proposd -The Best 17th Century Georgia Black Cooks (Outstanding Refugees) First Thanksgiving and First Christmas Emanuel Cookbook. Revelation of First Foods (Jehovah-Jireh) to First American Slaves.

This cookbook is centered around what the refugee or escaped slaves may have prepared for their menus and meals. The cookbook is divided into the nine regions of Georgia with possible NATIVE Americans influences. The Indian Tribes that were residents of the areas are included

Division of the Chapters

Each part is divided into food items, information about the food items, informative about the state, pre and post emancipation slavery reviews, travel regions and Biblical scriptures.

INFORMATION ABOUT SLAVERY

The African slaves served 250 years of free labor in the building of the United States. Officially, slavery in the U.S. lasted from 1619 until 1865.

The slavery ended with enacted the of Civil War Amendment 13th.

The Civil War Amendments-the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments are known as the Civil War Amendment.

The 13th Amendment

Slaves were freed.

The amendment was approved in 1865. Not all slaves were freed at the end of the Civil War. The 13th Amendment made slavery illegal.

14th Amendment

The 14th Amendment was approved in 1868 to protest the right of the freed slaves. It along with the Bill of Rights, protects the rights of all citizens.

The amendment in part says nor shall any state deprive(deny) any person of life, liberty or property without due process of law (the right to be treated fairly, nor deny to any person within the jurisdictions (boundaries) the equal protection of the law.

15th Amendment

The 15th Amendment approved in 1870.

Guaranteed black male citizens the right to vote.

The Constitution and The Supreme Court

The Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. in near the U.S. Capitol. The Supreme Court was created by the Constitution. The court decides if the country laws are in keeping with the Constitution.

The Constitution and the Rights of Blacks

Equal rights

For many years, the Supreme Court left it up to the states to protect the rights of its citizens. Some states passed special laws called "Jim Crow’’ laws that helped set up segregation (LAWS THAT KEPT BLACKS SEPARATE FROM WHITES.)

FAMOUS SUPREME COURT CASES ABOUT RIGHTS OF BLACK

1. Plessy v. Ferguson

IN 1895, Homer Plessy, a black refused to leave a railroad car reserved for whites only. He was put in jail because a LOUISIANA LAW HELD THAT BLACKS, HAD TO RIDE IN SEPARATE CARS. In 1896, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that blacks could not be separated from whites as long as the black facilities or public places were equal to those of whites. Under this law, such places as schools and restaurants were also, segregated although they were not equal.

This ruling would stand for more than 50 years until the Supreme Court decided that the separate but equal ruling was not fair.

EDUCATION

All Black Schools until 50s in some states

1. In 1954, the Supreme Court ruled that segregated schools were no longer legal and that white public and that white public schools had to admit black students.

The Supreme Court used the 14th Amendment in making this ruling. The court said that black students were not getting an equal education. They should be allowed to attend schools along with whites.

Ten years later, less than 10 percent of the Southern black students had been assigned to white schools. School systems still struggle to abide by this law.

In the 1960s, the fight for equal rights was led by many people, including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Civil Rights Law of 1964 barred discrimination or segregation in all public places. It also called for equal opportunities for jobs and in education,

LINDA BROWN OF TOPEKA, KANSAS

LINDA Brown was a little girl whose father wanted her to go to a nearby all-white school. Kansas was one of 17 states that had segregated schools in 1950s.

It was against the law to teach slaves to read and write in the Southeastern states before the Civil War.

Keeping the blacks from voting

Some state government passed laws especially written to keep blacks from voting. These laws made voters:

1. Pay poll taxes. Most blacks did not have the money to pay a tax to vote.

2. pass literacy tests. Many blacks could not read and write

3. Prove that their fathers had had the right to vote. This was called the grandfather clause. This kept men who had been slaves from voting. neither black nor white women had the right to vote until 1920.

FREEDOM FROM SLAVERY

Many of the slaves did not receive notification until later. For example, the Texas slaves did not receive the news until June. Therefore, Texas African Americans celebrate Juneteeth, June 19 was Emancipation Day in 1865.

Some Georgia former slaves celebrate May 12, 1865. Mississippi former slaves were given notification in December 1865. Mississippi did not ratify the 13th Amendment until later.

The Civil War ended on May 09, 1865. President Lincoln was assassinated on April 15, 1865 at the age of 56.

PROTECTING BLACK VOTERS

The voting rights struggle took many years.

Black voting rights have been protected in three ways.

1. By law; BETWEEN 1957 and 1965 Congress passed laws protecting black voting rights.

2. By amendment: The 24th Amendment approved in 1964 outlawed the poll tax to national elections

3. By Supreme Court rulings: In 1966, it ruled that poll taxes in state elections were illegal.

WHO ARE THE REFUGEE SLAVES VS ESCAPED SLAVES?

Slaves were always used for their free labor and demeaned. At times, slaves would run away. However, many were captured or killed for their efforts. There was a fugitive slave law passed in the United States by Congress in 1793 and lasted to 1850. The law was provided for the return of enslaved people who had escaped to their original owners. There was a Fugitive Slave Law until 1864.

Some slaves did escape from the plantation. This author is calling them Refugees.

The outstanding refugees (men and women) were defined as escaped or runaway slaves from neighboring states and allegedly lived on Indian reservations with various tribes before the statehood of Georgia.

The escaped or runaway slaves made themselves or maybe called refugees because they were seeking safety from hostile conditions which was slavery.

THE STATE OF GEORGIA

GEORGIA

GA Nickname: Peach State

Empire of State of the South

Slave State until 1865

Capital: Atlanta

History:

The entire territory was owned by the major Indian tribes until the 1700s. General James Oglethorpe established the first settlement 1733 for the poor or religious persecuted Englishmen. Oglethorpe defeated the Spanish army from Florida of Bloody Marsh, 1742.

In the Revolution Georgians seized the Savannah Armory, 1775, and sent the munitions to the Centennial Army; they fought sea saw campaigns with Cornwallis British troops, twice liberating Augusta forcing final evacuation by the British from Savannah, 1782

The Civil War took place from 1861-1865. The entire area of Georgia participated on the Trail of Tears when all the American Indians tribes were removed from Georgia to Oklahoma in 1848.

State Data:

Motto: Wisdom, Justice and ModModeration

Flower: Cherokee rose

Bird; Brown trasher

Tree: Live Oak

Song: Georgia on My Mind

Entered Union:

Fourth of the 13 original; states to ratify the constitution, January 2, 1788

Major Fair: National Fair Perry

People: Racial: White(major ethnic groups: German, English, Russian, Italian, Irish)

Black and Hispanic

Geography: Total area: 58,876 square miles: Rank: 21

Land area: 58,073 square miles

Areas forested land: 25, 256, 100

Location: South Atlantic State

Climate: maritime tropical air masses dominated in summer, continental polar air masses in winter, east central air drier.

Manufactured goods: Textiles, transportation equipment, foods, clothing, paper, wood products, chemical products

Agriculture Chief Crops: cotton, peanuts, tobacco, pecans, peaches, rye, corn, soybean

Livestock: cattle, hogs/pigs, sheep and poultry

Timber/Lumber: pine. Hard wood

State Data:

Topography: mostly southern of the Blue Ridge Mountain.

Cover northeast and north central; central Piedmont extends to the fall line of rivers, coastal plain levels to the coast flat lands.

Economy:

Principal industries: manufacturing forestry, agriculture, chemicals

Minerals: clay, crushed stone and cement

Chief Ports: Savannah, Brunswick

Major International Airports; Atlanta, Savannah

Tourist Attractions: The Little White House in Warm Springs where President Franklin D. Roosevelt died April 12, 1945; 2,5000 acre Callaway Gardens

Jekyll Island State park; the restored 1850s farming community of Westville, Dahlonega, site of Americas’ first gold rush: Stone Mountain and Six Flags Over Georgia

159 counties

Nine Travel Regions

Famous Georgians: Coca Cola

Civil Rights workers

Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Martin Luther King Center, Auburn Avenue Atlanta, Georgia

I. Pre and Post Emancipation Slavery Reviews:

Important African Kingdom

Egypt

The earliest Egyptians were of many hues some were quiet dark and some light. They created their civilization in the continent of Africa. The Egyptians benefitted from the annual flooding of the Nile, which left a rich silt on the land up and down the banks and made farming extremely economically and productive.

Egypt was profited and was called the "bread basket of the Mediterranean. The Nile River supported the hereditary line of pharaohs so strong that Egypt was able to thrive for several thousand years.

II. Biblical Scriptures

PSALM 23:4,5

4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for thou art with me: thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou annointedest my head with oil: my cup runneth over.

CHAPTER 1

Possible Food Sources and Food Preparation Method

for Refugees(Escaped Slaves) Allegedly Living Among

the American Indians in the Historic High Country-

Northern Cherokees and Choctaw Indians

II. Food Preparation Methods

1. Cooking Types           Slaves and American Slaves

a. Frying over Rocks

b. Frying in Fireplace

c. Frying using tripod

2. Baking and Roasting         Slaves and American Slaves

a. Clay ovens

b. Ashes in Fireplace

c. Roasting in pits

III. Pre and Post Emancipation Reviews

Pre-Emancipation

The Higher African Kingdom-One example

KUSH GROUP

"The Kush just South of Egypt borrowed from the Egyptian conquered ruled all Egypt for several decades 750-663 B.C.

The Kush developed a written language borrowed from the Egyptians and later the Kush developed their own religion.

IV. Counties in Historic High Country

1. Pickens

2. Jasper

3. Polk

4. Murray

5. Cherokee

6. Catoosa

7. Chattooga

8. Dade

9. Fannin

10. Gilmer

11. Haralson

12. Paulding

13. Walker

14. Calhoun

Biblical Scripture

PSALM 69:30

30 I will praise God’s name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving.

CHAPTER 2

Proposed First Thanksgiving and First Christmas Dinners

Menus for the Refugees(Escaped Slaves) Allegedly

Living Among the American Indians in the Historic

High Country -Cherokees and Choctaw Indians

I. Proposed First Thanksgiving Dinner Menus:

III. Pre and Post Emancipation Reviews

African Kingdoms

GHANA, MALI AND