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All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake
By Miles, Tiya
- ISBN
- 9781984854995
- Publisher
- Random
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Starred Review on June 1, 2021 | Social Sciences
Miles (history, Harvard Univ.; The Dawn of Detroit) illuminates the lives of three generations of Black American women via a patched and embroidered cotton sack now displayed in the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Rose, an enslaved woman in South Carolina, filled the sack with what provisions and keepsakes she could for her 9-year-old daughter Ashley, who was sold away from her in the 1850s. Years later, Ashley's granddaughter Ruth embr...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
