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Slaves in the Family

Edward Ball

What does it take for a family to face that its pride in the past was built on people it owned, and what do its own records reveal?

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Author
Edward Ball

Why read it

  • You will notice how a family can remember every ancestor's story yet say almost nothing about the people it enslaved
  • You will see what a family's own account books and letters can reveal about the people it owned
  • You will understand why private letters and ledgers kept by old families matter to public history

Who it is for

  • Someone digging into a family tree who wants the hard parts too
  • Someone whose family history includes slavery and who wants to face it
  • A teacher or writer who works with old letters and ledgers

Contents

  1. PREFACE
  2. PLANTATION MEMORIES
  3. MASTERS FROM ENGLAND
  4. THE WELL OF TRADITION
  5. BRIGHT MA
  6. A FAMILY BUSINESS
  7. WRITTEN IN THE BLOOD
  8. THE MAKING OF A DYNASTY
  9. SAWMILL
  10. BLOODLINES
  11. “YOURS, OBEDIENTLY”
  12. A HOUSE DIVIDED
  13. THE WIDTH OF THE REALM
  14. A PAINTER’S LEGACY
  15. THE CURSE OF BUZZARD WING
  16. THE SIEGE
  17. AFTERMATH
  18. THE PRESERVATION SOCIETY
  19. A RECKONING
  20. GENEALOGIES

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