Bibliograph

Slaves in the family, Edward Ball

Type

Label

Slaves in the family, Edward Ball

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 771-834)

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Slaves in the family

Medium

text large print

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

40996025

Responsibility statement

Edward Ball

Series statement

G.K. Hall large print core series

Summary

"Elias [Ball] and his progeny built an American dynasty that lasted for six generations, acquiring more than twenty plantations along the Cooper River near Charleston, selling rice known as Carolina gold, and enslaving close to four thousand Africans and African Americans until 1865, when Union troops arrived on the lawns of the Balls' estates to force emancipation." This is "the story of one man's exploration of his family's slave-owning past and his search for the descendants of the people his ancestors kept as slaves."--Jacket

Target audience

adult

Classification