All that she carried : the journey of Ashley's sack, a Black family keepsake
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Author
Published
New York : Random House, [2021].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9781984854995, 1984854992
Physical Desc
xvii, 385 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Status
Lawson McGhee Library - Books
306.362082 MILE
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LC Subjects
African American women -- Biography.
African American women -- Family relationships.
Ashley -- (Enslaved person in South Carolina)
Biographies.
Enslaved persons -- Family relationships -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
Enslaved women -- South Carolina -- Biography.
Enslaved women -- Southern States -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Memory -- United States.
Middleton, Ruth Jones, -- 1903-1942 -- Family.
Mothers and daughters.
African American women -- Family relationships.
Ashley -- (Enslaved person in South Carolina)
Biographies.
Enslaved persons -- Family relationships -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
Enslaved women -- South Carolina -- Biography.
Enslaved women -- Southern States -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Memory -- United States.
Middleton, Ruth Jones, -- 1903-1942 -- Family.
Mothers and daughters.
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Published
New York : Random House, [2021].
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9781984854995, 1984854992
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"Sitting in the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture is a rough cotton bag, called "Ashley's Sack," embroidered with just a handful of words that evoke a sweeping family story of loss and of love passed down through generations. 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. The contents of the sack--a tattered dress, handfuls of pecans, a braid of hair, "my Love always"--speak volumes and open up a window on Rose and Ashley's world."--,Provided by publisher
Awards
National Book Award, 2021: Nonfiction.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Miles, T. (2021). All that she carried: the journey of Ashley's sack, a Black family keepsake (First edition.). Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Miles, Tiya, 1970-. 2021. 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, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Miles, Tiya. All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake First edition., Random House, 2021.
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