Anne C. Bailey

The Weeping Time

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book traces the lives of slaves before, during, and after the largest slave auction in US history in 1859.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 312g
• ISBN-13: 9781316643488
• ISBN-10: 1316643484
• Artikelnr.: 48325228

Autorenporträt

Anne C. Bailey is an Associate Professor of History and Africana Studies at Binghamton University, State University of New York.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. The Breach: 1. The weeping time
2. The auction and American history
Part II. Linked Fates: 3. Pierce Butler and his grandfather's legacy
4. Mr. and Mrs. Butler
5. More than 'hands': African rhythms and work on the Butler plantations
6. Faith on the Butler estates
7. A family divided
a nation divided
Part III. Healing the Breach: 8. Reconstruction and reconnecting threads
9. Out of the silence: descendants restore family names
Epilogue: History and the democratization of memory
Appendix
Index.