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A review by jacob_s
All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake by Tiya Miles
4.0
The history that Miles lays out here is meticulously researched and thoughtfully wrought. She has an impressive talent for elevating the dignity of the enslaved and marginalized people whose lives she is uncovering.
I was occasionally a little frustrated by the need for so much educated guesswork and conjecture in telling the story of this object and the people who passed it down, but those frustrations are a reflection of the poor preservation of Black women’s stories in history, and not of any failing by the author.
I was occasionally a little frustrated by the need for so much educated guesswork and conjecture in telling the story of this object and the people who passed it down, but those frustrations are a reflection of the poor preservation of Black women’s stories in history, and not of any failing by the author.