All that she carried : the journey of Ashley's sack, a black family keepsake
by Miles, Tiya, 1970- (Author)
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 n... Full description
- Introduction: love's practitioners
- Ruth's record
- Searching for Rose
- Packing the sack
- Rose's inventory
- The auction block
- Ashley's seeds
- The bright unspooling
- Conclusion: it be filled.