Slaves in the family

Title Slaves in the family
Names Ball, Edward.
Book Number DB046018
Title Status Active
Medium Digital Book
Annotation A history of a South Carolina homestead from 1698 to 1865, told through interviews with descendants of plantation slaves. Inspired by a family reunion to learn about the past, the author traveled across the United States and to Africa. Among the timeworn recollections are portrayals of slaves and slaveholders working side by side over generations. Bestseller.
Narrator Sams, Robert.
Local Subject Bestseller - Non-Fiction - BEN
Adult Book - AD
History, United States - HUS
History - HST
African American concern - AFRAM
Black Interest - BLK
General Non-Fiction - GNF
Award-Winning Adult Books - AWA
Long Book - LO
Booklist - National Book Award - BNBA
Audience Notes Bestseller.
Male narrator.
Award winner.
LC Subject 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
Call Number 975.79150099 ANF
Language English
Released 1998
Publication Info Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 1998
Original Publication Recorded from: 1st ed. New York : Farrar, Straus & Giroux, c1998. 0374265828
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