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All That She Carried

The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake
  • Tiya Miles
2021
Random House

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  • Harriet Powers patchwork pictorial quilt.
    Book Excerpt

    How the Survivors of Slavery Used Material Objects to Preserve Intergenerational Wisdom

    On the importance of material ownership in the context of Black history.
    by Tiya Miles via Literary Hub on September 26, 2022
  • An embroidered sack that says "My great grandmother Rose, mother of Ashley gave her this sack when, she was sold at age 9 in South Carolina, it held a tattered dress 3 handfulls of pecans a braid of Rose's hair. Told her it be filled with my Love always, she never saw her again, Ashley is my grandmother, Ruth Middleton 1921
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    To Find the History of African American Women, Look to Their Handiwork

    Our foremothers wove spiritual beliefs, cultural values, and historical knowledge into their flax, wool, silk, and cotton webs.
    by Tiya Miles via The Atlantic on June 8, 2021
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