The Resource Slaves in the family, Edward Ball
Slaves in the family, Edward Ball
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The item Slaves in the family, Edward Ball represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- "Journalist Ball confronts the legacy of his family's slave-owning past, uncovering the story of the people, both black and white, who lived and worked on the Balls' South Carolina plantations. It is an unprecedented family record that reveals how the painful legacy of slavery continues to endure in America's collective memory and experience. Ball, a descendant of one of the largest slave-owning families in the South, discovered that his ancestors owned 25 plantations, worked by nearly 4,000 slaves. Through meticulous research and by interviewing scattered relatives, Ball contacted some 100,000 African-Americans who are all descendants of Ball slaves. In intimate conversations with them, he garnered information, hard words, and devastating family stories of precisely what it means to be enslaved. He found that the family plantation owners were far from benevolent patriarchs; instead there is a dark history of exploitation, interbreeding, and extreme violence"--Publisher description
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Paperback edition.
- Extent
- xiii, 478 pages 24 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780374534455
- Label
- Slaves in the family
- Title
- Slaves in the family
- Statement of responsibility
- Edward Ball
- Subject
-
- African Americans -- South Carolina | Charleston -- History
- Ball family
- Ball family
- Biography
- Charleston Region (S.C.) -- Biography
- Charleston Region (S.C.) -- Race relations
- History
- Plantation life
- Plantation life -- South Carolina | Charleston -- History
- Race relations
- Slaveholders
- Slaveholders -- South Carolina | Charleston -- History
- Slaves
- Slaves -- South Carolina | Charleston -- History
- South Carolina -- Charleston
- South Carolina -- Charleston Region
- African Americans
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Journalist Ball confronts the legacy of his family's slave-owning past, uncovering the story of the people, both black and white, who lived and worked on the Balls' South Carolina plantations. It is an unprecedented family record that reveals how the painful legacy of slavery continues to endure in America's collective memory and experience. Ball, a descendant of one of the largest slave-owning families in the South, discovered that his ancestors owned 25 plantations, worked by nearly 4,000 slaves. Through meticulous research and by interviewing scattered relatives, Ball contacted some 100,000 African-Americans who are all descendants of Ball slaves. In intimate conversations with them, he garnered information, hard words, and devastating family stories of precisely what it means to be enslaved. He found that the family plantation owners were far from benevolent patriarchs; instead there is a dark history of exploitation, interbreeding, and extreme violence"--Publisher description
- Awards note
- National Book Award for Non-fiction, 1998.
- Biography type
- collective biography
- Cataloging source
- PLF
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1959-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ball, Edward
- Dewey number
- 975.7/9150922
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- FSG classics
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Ball family
- Ball family
- Plantation life
- Slaves
- Slaveholders
- African Americans
- African Americans
- Plantation life
- Race relations
- Slaveholders
- Slaves
- Charleston Region (S.C.)
- Charleston Region (S.C.)
- South Carolina
- South Carolina
- Label
- Slaves in the family, Edward Ball
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1489424
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Edition
- Paperback edition.
- Extent
- xiii, 478 pages 24 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780374534455
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780374534455
- (OCoLC)876836392
- Label
- Slaves in the family, Edward Ball
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1489424
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Edition
- Paperback edition.
- Extent
- xiii, 478 pages 24 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780374534455
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780374534455
- (OCoLC)876836392
Subject
- African Americans -- South Carolina | Charleston -- History
- Ball family
- Ball family
- Biography
- Charleston Region (S.C.) -- Biography
- Charleston Region (S.C.) -- Race relations
- History
- Plantation life
- Plantation life -- South Carolina | Charleston -- History
- Race relations
- Slaveholders
- Slaveholders -- South Carolina | Charleston -- History
- Slaves
- Slaves -- South Carolina | Charleston -- History
- South Carolina -- Charleston
- South Carolina -- Charleston Region
- African Americans
Genre
Member of
Included in
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Best History Books: 1998
- trueNational Book Awards: Nonfiction
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Nonfiction: 1998
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