All That She Carried The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake by Tiya Miles

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All That She Carried The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake by Tiya Miles | 41.88 MB
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Title: All That She Carried
Author: Tiya Miles
Year: 2021​



Description:
A renowned historian traces the life of a single object handed down through three generations of Black women to craft an extraordinary testament to people who are left out of the archives.

"A history told with brilliance and tenderness and fearlessness."-Jill Lepore, author of These Truths: A History of the United States
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...

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