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All that she carried : the journey of Ashley's sack, a Black family keepsake
Miles, Tiya, 1970-2023
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A renowned historian and MacArthur "Genius Grant" fellow traces a single object handed down through three generations of Black women, from slavery and into the twentieth century, to craft an extraordinary meditation on people who are left out of the archives of history.
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Author:
Miles, Tiya, 1970-, author
Imprint:
London : Profile Books, 2023.
Collation:
336 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781800818200 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
306.362082306.362306.3620820975306.362 MIL
Language:
English
Subject:
Women slaves -- South CarolinaAshley (Enslaved person in South Carolina)Mothers and daughtersWomen slaves -- Southern States -- Social conditions -- 19th centurySlaves -- Southern States -- Family relationships -- History -- 19th centuryMiddleton, Ruth Jones, 1903-1942 -- FamilyAfrican American women -- Family relationshipsMemory -- United StatesSociety
BRN:
2619172
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