Slaves in the family / Edward Ball.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998.Edition: 1st edDescription: 504 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:- 0374265828 (alk. paper)
- Ball family
- African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston Region -- History
- Plantation life -- South Carolina -- Charleston Region -- History
- Slaveholders -- South Carolina -- Charleston Region -- History
- Slaves -- South Carolina -- Charleston Region -- History
- Charleston Region (S.C.) -- Biography
- Charleston Region (S.C.) -- Race relations
- 975.7/915/0099 21
- F279.C453 A2 1998
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 975.7915 B187 | Available | 33111003327612 |
Total holds: 0
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Former Village Voice columnist Edward Ball takes readers on an unprecedented journey into his family's slave-owning past, telling the story of black and white families who lived side by side for five generations--and a tale of everyday Americans confronting their vexed inheritance together. Photos.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [457]-484) and index.