SLAVES IN THE FAMILY - FIRST EDITION

Description: SLAVES IN THE FAMILY BY EDWARD BALL FIRST EDITION MINT CONDITION This is a brand new, unread, pristine-condition book. MINT CONDITION DUST JACKET An Excellent, Brand New, Sharp, Clean, Solidly Bound, Book Wonderfully Illustrated with Photos, Illustrations and Facsimile Documents PUBLISHED BY FARRAR, STRAUS AND GIROUX, NEW YORK, IN 1998 Writer Edward Ball opens Slaves in the Family with an anecdote: “My father had a little joke that made light of out legacy as a family that had once owned slaves. ‘There are five things we don’t talk about in the Ball family,’ he would say. ‘Religion, sex, death, money and the Negroes.’” Ball himself seemed happy enough to avoid these touchy issues until an invitation to a family reunion in South Carolina piqued his interest in his family’s extensive plantation and slave-holding past. He realized that he had a very clear idea of who his white ancestors were – their names, who their children and children’s children were, even portraits and photographs – but he had only a murky vision of the black people who supported their livelihood and were such an intimate part of their daily lives; he knew neither their names nor what happened to them and their descendents after they were freed following the Civil War. So he embarked on a journey to uncover the history of the Balls and the black families with whom their lives were inextricably intertwined, as well as the less tangible resonance of slavery in both sets of families. From plantation records, interviews with descendents of both the Balls and their slaves, and travels to Africa and the American South, Ball has constructed a story of the riches and squalor, violence and insurrection –the pride and shame – that make up the history and legacy of slavery in America. This is a brand new, unread, pristine-condition, First Edition book. It comes in a new, pristine-condition dust jacket. The book has no issues or shortcomings. It is clean, solid, sharp, and bright. The book is bound in handsome white covers with black spine and has bright, gold-gilt decorative highlights and lettering. The book is new and has no shortcomings. There isn’t a mark in the book. It is illustrated end pages and is loaded with wonderful illustrations, photos, and facsimile documents. This First Edition book is in mint condition. SLAVES IN THE FAMILY BY EDWARD BALL FIRST EDITION MINT CONDITION This is a brand new, unread, pristine-condition book. MINT CONDITION DUST JACKET An Excellent, Brand New, Sharp, Clean, Solidly Bound, Book Wonderfully Illustrated with Photos, Illustrations and Facsimile Documents PUBLISHED BY FARRAR, STRAUS AND GIROUX, NEW YORK, IN 1998 Writer Edward Ball opens Slaves in the Family with an anecdote: “My father had a little joke that made light of out legacy as a family that had once owned slaves. ‘There are five things we don’t talk about in the Ball family,’ he would say. ‘Religion, sex, death, money and the Negroes.’” Ball himself seemed happy enough to avoid these touchy issues until an invitation to a family reunion in South Carolina piqued his interest in his family’s extensive plantation and slave-holding past. He realized that he had a very clear idea of who his white ancestors were – their names, who their children and children’s children were, even portraits and photographs – but he had only a murky vision of the black people who supported their livelihood and were such an intimate part of their daily lives; he knew neither their names nor what happened to them and their descendents after they were freed following the Civil War. So he embarked on a journey to uncover the history of the Balls and the black families with whom their lives were inextricably intertwined, as well as the less tangible resonance of slavery in both sets of families. From plantation records, interviews with descendents of both the Balls and their slaves, and travels to Africa and the American South, Ball has constructed a story of the riches and squalor, violence and insurrection –the pride and shame – that make up the history and legacy of slavery in America. This is a brand new, unread, pristine-condition, First Edition book. It comes in a new, pristine-condition dust jacket. The book has no issues or shortcomings. It is clean, solid, sharp, and bright. The book is bound in handsome white covers with black spine and has bright, gold-gilt decorative highlights and lettering. The book is new and has no shortcomings. There isn’t a mark in the book. It is illustrated end pages and is loaded with wonderful illustrations, photos, and facsimile documents. This First Edition book is in mint condition. Check out my other items! Be sure to add me to your favorites list! Sign up for my email newsletters by adding my eBay Store to your Favorites ENJOY THE BOOKSHOP Pictures sell! Auctiva offers Free Image Hosting and Editing. The complete eBay Selling Solution.

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