All that she carried : the journey of Ashley's sack, a Black family keepsake
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Published
New York : Random House, 2022.
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Book
ISBN
9781984855015, 1984855018
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Location | Call Number | Note | Status |
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Baldwin Memorial Library - Adult Non-Fiction | 306.3 M | On Shelf | |
Lincoln Library - Adult Non-Fiction | 306.3 MIL | Donated by Ann Pollender | On Shelf |
Subjects
LC Subjects
African American women -- Biography.
African American women -- Family relationships
African Americans -- Material culture -- South Carolina -- History
Ashley -- (Enslaved person in South Carolina)
Heirlooms -- South Carolina -- History
Memory -- United States
Middleton, Ruth Jones, -- 1903-1942 -- Family
Mothers and daughters.
Slaves -- Family relationships -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century
Women slaves -- South Carolina -- Biography
Women slaves -- Southern States -- Social conditions -- 19th century
African American women -- Family relationships
African Americans -- Material culture -- South Carolina -- History
Ashley -- (Enslaved person in South Carolina)
Heirlooms -- South Carolina -- History
Memory -- United States
Middleton, Ruth Jones, -- 1903-1942 -- Family
Mothers and daughters.
Slaves -- Family relationships -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century
Women slaves -- South Carolina -- Biography
Women slaves -- Southern States -- Social conditions -- 19th century
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Published
New York : Random House, 2022.
Physical Desc
xvii, 385 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9781984855015, 1984855018
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-374) and index
Description
"In 1850s South Carolina, just before nine-year-old Ashley was sold, her mother, Rose, gave her a sack filled with just a few things as a token of her love. Decades later, Ashley's granddaughter, Ruth, embroidered this history on the bag--including Rose's message that "It be filled with my Love always." Historian Tiya Miles carefully follows faint archival traces back to Charleston to find Rose in the kitchen where she may have packed the sack for Ashley. From Rose's last resourceful gift to her daughter, Miles then follows the paths their lives and the lives of so many like them took to write a unique, innovative history of the lived experience of slavery in the United States... As she follows Ashley's journey, Miles metaphorically "unpacks" the sack, deepening its emotional resonance and revealing the meanings and significance of everything it contained"--,From the publisher's description
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Miles, T. (2022). All that she carried: the journey of Ashley's sack, a Black family keepsake (Random House Trade Paperback edition). Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Miles, Tiya, 1970-. 2022. All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake. Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Miles, Tiya, 1970-. All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake Random House, 2022.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Miles, Tiya. All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake Random House Trade Paperback edition, Random House, 2022.
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