Slaves in the Family
7 journalers for this copy...
I don't know if I will release or not after I read...I'll repost then.
Received this book today. I am very excited. Thank you.
This is an extremeely interesting history of slavery in the South. It traces the author's family's history of being plantation owners in South Carolina as well as the stories of the slaves that they owned. Thank you for sharing!
Reserved for PokPok's virtual non-fiction bookbox.
Received in the mail from Amusedbythis from Pokpok virtual bookbox.
Journal Entry 6 by tranq1 at A fellow bookcrosser in By mail, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases on Friday, December 28, 2007
Released 16 yrs ago (12/28/2007 UTC) at A fellow bookcrosser in By mail, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases
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Sending to tenneh who selected it in the Everybook VBB on bookobsessed.com.
Sending to tenneh who selected it in the Everybook VBB on bookobsessed.com.
Received today - thanks!
Journal Entry 8 by tenneh at Via Mail in -- Mail or by hand-rings, RABCK, meetings, Nebraska USA on Friday, January 4, 2008
Released 16 yrs ago (1/6/2008 UTC) at Via Mail in -- Mail or by hand-rings, RABCK, meetings, Nebraska USA
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Just realized I have 2 copies. This one is going to nvangel2073 for the RMTBRBB exchange
Just realized I have 2 copies. This one is going to nvangel2073 for the RMTBRBB exchange
Thank you for this book.
I love my month for RMTBRBB
I love my month for RMTBRBB
Journal Entry 10 by nvangel2073 at -- Mail or by hand-rings, RABCK, meetings, Utah USA on Thursday, January 14, 2010
Released 14 yrs ago (1/14/2010 UTC) at -- Mail or by hand-rings, RABCK, meetings, Utah USA
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sending to collector kerri
sending to collector kerri
Thanks for the RABCK! It looks like an interesting read.
A fascinating look at the intertwining histories of both the slaveholders and slaves of one family in South Carolina. I learned so many things I didn't know about this dark period of my country's history.
I think the author did a good job dealing with his family's ugly past, and I was impressed with how many descendants of his family's slaves were willing to talk to him. Interesting, though, that many people in his family, especially older members, were uncomfortable with his project and would have rather he didn't take it on.
The only part of the author's attitude that really bothered me was a chapter about the "singing societies" of Charleston, groups of slaveholding families' descendants who perform the slave-era spirituals regularly, even going so far as to dress up in slave costumes and sing in Gullah (black dialect). He complimented the singers, and I wasn't sure if he was being polite or sincere, since I would have been horrified to witness such a performance as a white person.
The book was chosen in the most recent round of the nonfiction virtual bookbox, so it's on its way to Utah.
I think the author did a good job dealing with his family's ugly past, and I was impressed with how many descendants of his family's slaves were willing to talk to him. Interesting, though, that many people in his family, especially older members, were uncomfortable with his project and would have rather he didn't take it on.
The only part of the author's attitude that really bothered me was a chapter about the "singing societies" of Charleston, groups of slaveholding families' descendants who perform the slave-era spirituals regularly, even going so far as to dress up in slave costumes and sing in Gullah (black dialect). He complimented the singers, and I wasn't sure if he was being polite or sincere, since I would have been horrified to witness such a performance as a white person.
The book was chosen in the most recent round of the nonfiction virtual bookbox, so it's on its way to Utah.
Received today as a selection from the Nonfiction VBB. Thanks! Looks interesting...
