Paula Deen’s son, Jamie Deen, posts photo of himself kissing ‘Aunt Jemima’

Postcard sold in Deen Souvenir Shops. It's none other than Ineata "Jellyroll" Jones
Postcard sold in Deen Souvenir Shops. It’s none other than Ineata “Jellyroll” Jones

The dinner bell was a common way to summon order among plantation slaves to go in the fields to pick cotton, take food breaks and be obedient to time. Read more, in Mark M. Smith’s book Mastered by the Clock: Time, Slavery, and Freedom in the American South.
 

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