Bibliograph

An American quilt, unfolding a story of family and slavery, Rachel May

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An American quilt, unfolding a story of family and slavery, Rachel May

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-444)

Illustrations

platesgenealogical tablesillustrationsportraits

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

An American quilt

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1009013394

Responsibility statement

Rachel May

Sub title

unfolding a story of family and slavery

Summary

Following the trail left by an unfinished quilt, May examines slavery from the cotton fields of the South to the textile mills of New England-- and the humanity behind it. In piecing together the story of Minerva, Eliza, Jane, and Juba-- the enslaved women behind a quilt made of 1830s-era fabric-- and their owner, Susan Crouch, May reveals the lives of these urban enslaved women and their world. -- adapted from jacket

Table Of Contents

Piecing the quilt -- Eliza, Minerva, and Juba -- Warp and weft : agriculture and industry -- Mosaic -- Medicine and its failures -- Hickory root -- The Leonids : a sermon in patchwork -- Even there -- Canuto Matanew -- An abomination -- Living history -- Portraits

Target audience

adult

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