Resource: Tales of the Congaree

Tales of the Congaree

Author: Edward C. L. Adams
Year: 1927 / 1928 and republished in 1987
Location: personal library

Table of Contents:

The Big Swamps Of The Congaree
The Hopkins Nigger
Jonas
A Freshet On The Congaree
Hell Fire
The Rattlesnake
Sunning On The Golden Stairs
Judge Foolbird
Old Sister
Old Sister's Friends
Old Sister In Heaven
Old Sister In Hell
The Settin' Up
The Little Old Man On The Gray Mule
The Lake Of The Dead
Aunt Dinah's Cat
Murder Versus Liquor
Old Dictodemus
Jeff's Funeral Sermon
Fragment Of A Negro Sermon
His Day Is Done
Ole Man Rogan
Big Charleston
The Yellow Crane
White Folks Is White Folks
Wild Goose Nest
Transmigration
Belton's Spirit
The Animal Court
Ole Man Tooga's Chile
Fine My Chile
Purtty Little Folks
The Falling Star
Jay-Birds
Jack-Ma-Lantern
Ole Man Rouse
If You Want To Find Jesus
The Ghosts Of Elm Savannah
The Crow
Primus
Jumping-Gut
Cazenova
Spirit Dogs And Barking Snakes
Death Owl
De Law Got Simon
A Fool Nigger
The Two Ducks
The Mule And The Ox
That Quart Kept On Beckoning Me
Don't 'sturb A Houn'
Don't You Play Wid Married Wimmens
Tad's Advice To His Son
Old Sister's Advice To Her Daughter
Jesus Had Trouble All Over The World

Evil Sperrits
The Swamps
The Lonesome Hunter
The King Buzzard
An Escaped Convict
Goose Pond
Bannister Bridge
Big Annie
A Yellow Bastard
Joe
A Prison
The Hawk And The Rooster
Mensa
Magic
Jazy
The Turkey Hunt
Old Lady Beck
Red
Just One Time To Die
Becky
The Savage
Ruint
Edecation
Darlay
Brass Ankles
A Peacemaker
The Death As A Turkey Hunter
Lula
Old Man Jim Kinkade
The Water Hole
Pick
Sweet Chile
Drug Up
Tough
Thirteen Years
The Telephone Call
A Damn Nigger
The Lynchers
A Bottle Of Liquor
Old Mammy
A Good Looking Man
Three Doctors
A Fisherman
Land Rent
Loyalty
They Oughter Had A Sign On It
How To Kill An Owl
The Ventriloquist
The Courts
Ain't Never Own Niggers
Fundamentals
Tomper's Song
Old Moccasin's Ghost
The Ghost Of White Hall
The Angel Of Cow Pen Lake
The Smokehouse Angel
Tyu's Angel
But Rabbit In Red Hill Churchyard
Bur Jonas' Goat
The Rat
The Dance Of The Little Animals
The Spider And The Rabbit
A Roost On The Rim Of The Moon
The Frog And The Snake
The Monkey And The Elephant
'gators And Snakes
The Bell-Ringing Rat
Cootas
A Jay Bird Thief
Allen's Idea Of Preachers
A Bit Of Correspondence
Two Prayers
God
Virgins
Old Brother Tries To Enter Heaven
The Harps Of God
Converted
The Bear Fight
Gullah Joe
A Slave
Old Man Hildebrand
The Slave Barn
The Wild River Shore
Silas
Ain't No Corn-Bread There
Sister Lucy
Rejoice Ye At Dey Goin' Out
Fragment Of A Funeral Sermon
Elizabeth Coleman
She's At Rest
Funeral Of A Brother
She Sleeps On A Hillside
The Galloping Hosts Of Heaven