All that she carried : the journey of Ashley's sack, a Black family keepsake
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Waterville, ME : Thorndike Press a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2022.
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Large Print
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Large print edition.
ISBN
9781432898403, 143289840X
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645 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm.
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Lawson McGhee Library - Biography - Books
LRG PRNT 306.362082 MILE
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Published
Waterville, ME : Thorndike Press a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2022.
Edition
Large print edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9781432898403, 143289840X

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 453-639).
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"In 1850s South Carolina, an enslaved woman named Rose faced a crisis, the imminent sale of her daughter Ashley. Thinking quickly, she packed a cotton bag with a few precious items as a token of love and to try to ensure Ashley's survival. Soon after, the nine-year-old girl was separated from her mother and sold. Decades later, Ashley's granddaughter Ruth embroidered this family history on the bag in spare yet haunting language--including Rose's wish that "It be filled with my Love always." Ruth's sewn words, the reason we remember Ashley's sack today, evoke a sweeping family story of loss and of love passed down through generations. Now, in this illuminating, deeply moving book inspired by Rose's gift to Ashley, historian Tiya Miles carefully unearths these women's faint presence in archival records to follow the paths of their lives--and the lives of so many women like them--to write a singular and revelatory history of the experience of slavery, and the uncertain freedom afterward, in the United States. The search to uncover this history is part of the story itself. For where the historical record falls short of capturing Rose's, Ashley's, and Ruth's full lives, Miles turns to objects and to art as equally important sources, assembling a chorus of women's and families' stories and critiquing the scant archives that for decades have overlooked so many. The contents of Ashley's sack--a tattered dress, handfuls of pecans, a braid of hair, "my Love always"--are eloquent evidence of the lives these women lived. As she follows Ashley's journey, Miles metaphorically unpacks the bag, deepening its emotional resonance and exploring the meanings and significance of everything it contained. All That She Carried is a poignant story of resilience and of love passed down through generations of women against steep odds. It honors the creativity and fierce resourcefulness of people who preserved family ties even when official systems refused to do so, and it serves as a visionary illustration of how to reconstruct and recount their stories today"--,Provided by publisher.

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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 (Large print edition.). Thorndike Press a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.

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. Thorndike Press a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.

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 Thorndike Press a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2022.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Miles, Tiya. All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake Large print edition., Thorndike Press a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2022.

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