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100 1 $aMiles, Tiya,$d1970-
245 10$aAll that she carried :$bthe journey of Ashley's sack, a black family keepsake /$cTiya Miles.
246 30$aJourney of Ashley's sack, a black family keepsake
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bRandom House,$cc2021.
300 $axvii, 385 p. :$bill. ;$c22 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $a"Sitting in the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture is a rough cotton bag, called "Ashley's Sack," embroidered with just a handful of words that evoke a sweeping family story of loss and of love passed down through generations. In 1850s South Carolina, just before nine-year-old Ashley was sold, her mother, Rose, gave her a sack filled with just a few things as a token of her love. Decades later, Ashley's granddaughter, Ruth, embroidered this history on the bag--including Rose's message that "It be filled with my Love always." Historian Tiya Miles carefully follows faint archival traces back to Charleston to find Rose in the kitchen where she may have packed the sack for Ashley. From Rose's last resourceful gift to her daughter, Miles then follows the paths their lives and the lives of so many like them took to write a unique, innovative history of the lived experience of slavery in the United States. The contents of the sack--a tattered dress, handfuls of pecans, a braid of hair, "my Love always"--speak volumes and open up a window on Rose and Ashley's world. As she follows Ashley's journey, Miles metaphorically "unpacks" the sack, deepening its emotional resonance and revealing the meanings and significance of everything it contained. These include the story of enslaved labor's role in the cotton trade and apparel crafts and the rougher cotton "negro cloth" that was left for enslaved people to wear; the role of the pecan in nutrition, survival, and southern culture; the significance of hair to Black women and of locks of hair in the nineteenth century; and an exploration of Black mothers' love and the place of emotion in history"--$cProvided by publisher.
600 00$aAshley$c(Enslaved person in South Carolina)
600 10$aMiddleton, Ruth Jones,$d1903-1942$xFamily.
650 0$aWomen slaves$zSouth Carolina$vBiography.
650 0$aMothers and daughters.$2fast$3155016
650 0$aWomen slaves$zSouthern States$xSocial conditions$y19th century.
650 0$aSlaves$xFamily relationships$zSouthern States$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0$aAfrican American women$vBiography.
650 0$aAfrican American women$xFamily relationships.
650 0$aMemory$zUnited States.