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652 reviews for:
All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake
Tiya Miles
4.12 AVERAGE
652 reviews for:
All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake
Tiya Miles
4.12 AVERAGE
TPL challenge; book about Black joy. I heard the Ideas program on cbc radio in which the author, Tiya Miles, was interviewed.
I’m about half way through this, and really enjoying it. I’m glad I heard the program (CBC Ideas with Nahlah Ayed); it helped me to get thru the first chapter which was somewhat philosophical.
I truly enjoyed this book. While the author does not sugar coat the brutality that enslaved people endured, she constantly circles back and describes how Black people empowered themselves where they could by earning their own money, making or buying their own clothes, or by naming their children. I especially liked the connection to textiles and fibre arts such as sewing, knitting, and quilting. 5 stars.
I’m about half way through this, and really enjoying it. I’m glad I heard the program (CBC Ideas with Nahlah Ayed); it helped me to get thru the first chapter which was somewhat philosophical.
I truly enjoyed this book. While the author does not sugar coat the brutality that enslaved people endured, she constantly circles back and describes how Black people empowered themselves where they could by earning their own money, making or buying their own clothes, or by naming their children. I especially liked the connection to textiles and fibre arts such as sewing, knitting, and quilting. 5 stars.
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Tiya Miles writes an astounding history of a sack given from mother to daughter over multiple generations, their love transcending the horror of slavery.
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Beautifully written and meticulously researched. A must-read for understanding more about the enduring and destructive legacy of slavery.
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I am in awe at how this historiographical feat can at once be so transcendent and deeply grounded. Tiya Miles combines archival research and interdisciplinary theory into a breathtaking story of a seemingly ordinary object and reveals its layers of meaning across time, generations, and iterations of the United States. I am inspired to stretch myself to find as many connections as possible in my own research and remain rooted in love and reparations.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail