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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     Miles, Tiya, 1970-     Subjects     Ashley (Enslaved person in South Carolina)     Middleton, Ruth Jones, 1903-1942 -- Family.     Women slaves -- South Carolina -- Biography.     Mothers and daughters.     Women slaves -- Southern States -- Social conditions -- 19th century.     Slaves -- Family relationships -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.     Women, Black -- Biography.     Women, Black -- Family relationships.     Memory -- United States.     National Book Awards.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Miles, Tiya, 1970-       by title:      All that she carried...       by call number:      306.362082 M643a     Search the Web     Miles, Tiya, 1970-     Ashley (Enslaved person in South Carolina)     Middleton, Ruth Jones, 1903-1942 -- Family.     Women slaves -- South Carolina -- Biography.     Mothers and daughters.     Women slaves -- Southern States -- Social conditions -- 19th century.     Slaves -- Family relationships -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.     Women, Black -- Biography.     Women, Black -- Family relationships.     Memory -- United States.     National Book Awards.       MARC Display

All that she carried : the journey of Ashley's sack, a black family keepsake / Tiya Miles. by Miles, Tiya, 1970- Random House, 2021. Call #: 306.362082 M643a Subjects Ashley (Enslaved person in South Carolina)   Middleton, Ruth Jones, 1903-1942 -- Family.   Women slaves -- South Carolina -- Biography.   Mothers and daughters.   Women slaves -- Southern States -- Social conditions -- 19th century.   Slaves -- Family relationships -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.   Women, Black -- Biography.   Women, Black -- Family relationships.   Memory -- United States.   National Book Awards. ISBN:  9781984854995 (hc) Alternate title:  Journey of Ashley's sack, a black family keepsake Edition:  1st ed. Description:  xvii, 385 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary:  "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 South Carolina, just before nine-year-old Ashley was sold, her mother, Rose, gave her a sack filled with just a few things as a token of her love. Decades later, Ashley's granddaughter, Ruth, embroidered this history on the bag--including Rose's message that 'It be filled with my Love always.' Historian Tiya Miles carefully follows faint archival traces back to Charleston to find Rose in the kitchen where she may have packed the sack for Ashley. From Rose's last resourceful gift to her daughter, Miles then follows the paths their lives and the lives of so many like them took to write a unique, innovative history of the lived experience of slavery in the United States. The contents of the sack -- a tattered dress, handfuls of pecans, a braid of hair, 'my Love always' -- Speak volumes and open up a window on Rose and Ashley's world. As she follows Ashley's journey, Miles metaphorically 'unpacks' the sack, deepening its emotional resonance and revealing the meanings and significance of everything it contained. These include the story of enslaved labor's role in the cotton trade and apparel crafts and the rougher cotton 'negro cloth' that was left for enslaved people to wear; the role of the pecan in nutrition, survival, and southern culture; the significance of hair to Black women and of locks of hair in the nineteenth century; and an exploration of Black mothers' love and the place of emotion in history"--Publisher. Awards:  Winner of the National Book Award for Non-Fiction, 2021. Holds:  1   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Bedford Public Library Adult Black Nonfiction 306.362082 M643a Adult books Checked out Jul 16, 2024 Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Black Nonfiction 306.362082 M643a Core Collection - Adult Checked out Jul 20, 2024 Add Copy to MyList

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