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

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

"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 Sout...

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Main Author: Miles, Tiya, 1970- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Random House, [2021]
Subjects:
Ashley > (Enslaved person in South Carolina)
Middleton, Ruth Jones, > 1903-1942 > Family.
1800-1899
Women slaves > South Carolina > Biography.
Mothers and daughters.
Women slaves > Southern States > Social conditions > 19th century.
Slaves > Family relationships > Southern States > History > 19th century.
African American women > Biography.
African American women > Family relationships.
Memory > United States.
African American women.
Families.
Memory.
Slaves > Family relationships.
Women slaves.
Women slaves > Social conditions.
South Carolina.
Southern States.
United States.
Biographies.
History.
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