All that she carried : the journey of Ashley's sack, a Black family keepsake

Author/Creator:

Miles, Tiya, 1970- author

Publication/Creation:

New York : Random House, [2021]

Resource Type:

Book

Edition:

First edition.

More Details

Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

All that she carried : the journey of Ashley's sack, a Black family keepsake / Tiya Miles

Variant Titles:

Journey of Ashley's sack, a Black family keepsake

Subjects/Genre

Genre:

Biographies
Electronic books
Biography

Subjects:

Ashley(Enslaved person in South Carolina)
Middleton, Ruth Jones,1903-1942--Family
Enslaved women--South Carolina--Biography
Mothers and daughters
Enslaved women--Southern States--Social conditions--19th century
Enslaved persons--Family relationships--Southern States--History--19th century
African American women--Biography
African American women--Family relationships
Memory--United States

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Introduction: love's practitioners -- Ruth's record -- Searching for Rose -- Packing the sack -- Rose's inventory -- The auction block -- Ashley's seeds -- The bright unspooling -- Conclusion: it be filled.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 385 pages) : illustrations

Local Note:

Available to current Emory University students, faculty and staff.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9937393989802486

ISBN:

9781984855008
198485500X