Creel utilized records the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel records and records from other Protestant denominations. She also used the accounts of ex-slave writings, memoirs and court records. Her ethnological and social anthropology of African culture is very detailed. The inclusion of Gullah folk poems and songs really bring to light the coping strategies of the Gullah community in the face of slavery. She illustrates that the Gullah language, a creolized English dialect, was created as a medium of communication exclusive to the slave community. Creel compares the Gullah religious tenets with the Poro and Sande religion in Africa and finds similarities between the two. Reflective of the Herskovitsian model, she explains her examples
