This is written in response to a request from Nancy O'Malley for references
to postbellum African-American diet.  You might check these two sources;
they have some interesting information on this period:
 
        McDaniel, George W.
           1982 Hearth & Home:  Preserving a People's Culture.  Temple
University Press,
                Philadelphia, PA.
 
        Westmacott, Richard
           1992 African-American Gardens and Yards in the Rural South.  The
University
                of Tennessee Press, Knoxville.
 
                                Good luck--Lucy Wayne