All That She Carried
A cotton sack passed from an enslaved mother to her daughter — and the history it carries.
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Présentation
In the 1850s, an enslaved woman named Rose packed a cotton sack for her nine-year-old daughter Ashley before the girl was sold away — a dress, pecans, a braid of hair, and 'my Love always'. Decades later, Ashley's granddaughter embroidered their story onto the sack. Historian Tiya Miles takes this single object and follows it through the archives, reconstructing the lives of enslaved women and the material world of nineteenth-century American slavery. Winner of the 2021 National Book Award for Nonfiction, All That She Carried is a masterclass in history written from scarce traces — moving, rigorous, and unforgettable.