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663 reviews for:
All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake
Tiya Miles
4.12 AVERAGE
663 reviews for:
All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake
Tiya Miles
4.12 AVERAGE
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Grief, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
emotional
informative
sad
slow-paced
I appriciate how Miles was able to cobble together this book. We are missing so much about life, culture, and genealogy surrounding enslaved people. I was curious about her volleying between the words enslaved people and un-free peoples. It seems she uses the terms interchangeably.
It was clever to take the items in the sack and use them as a launching point to tell about the lives of enslaved people. Delving into the sack, the dress, peacans, and the lock of hair, Miles is able to piece together not only when the sack would have been packed, but the possible places Ashley and Rose could have lived. She then goes into the meaning of each of the items, which is important information we should all have.
The book is writen in a laymen's and readable way and the physical book has many pictures and media that elevate the story.
It was clever to take the items in the sack and use them as a launching point to tell about the lives of enslaved people. Delving into the sack, the dress, peacans, and the lock of hair, Miles is able to piece together not only when the sack would have been packed, but the possible places Ashley and Rose could have lived. She then goes into the meaning of each of the items, which is important information we should all have.
The book is writen in a laymen's and readable way and the physical book has many pictures and media that elevate the story.
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
challenging
dark
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Content Warnings
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, Classism
challenging
informative
slow-paced
Unfortunately it’s nearly all filler. The summary basically tells you everything there is to know.
read mixed reviews. Foreword was incredibly repetitive and bland. Couldn’t get into it