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The weeping time : memory and the largest slave auction in American history / Anne C. Bailey.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York: Cambrige university press, c2017Description: x,197p. 23cmISBN:
  • 9781107193055 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 9781316643488 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.3/6209758 23
LOC classification:
  • E442 .B35 2017
Contents:
The breach -- The weeping time -- The auction and its meaning -- Linked fates -- Pierce Butler and his grandfather's legacy -- Mr. and Mrs. Butler -- More than "hands:" African rhythms and work on the Butler Plantations -- Faith on the Butler estates -- A family divided, a nation divided -- Healing the breach -- Reconstruction and reconnecting threads -- Out of the silence: descendants restore family names -- Epilogue: History and the democratization of memory.
Item type: Book
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Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Barcode
Bishop Okullu Memorial Library (Limuru Campus) General Circulation Non-fiction E442 .B35 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 059485
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The breach -- The weeping time -- The auction and its meaning -- Linked fates -- Pierce Butler and his grandfather's legacy -- Mr. and Mrs. Butler -- More than "hands:" African rhythms and work on the Butler Plantations -- Faith on the Butler estates -- A family divided, a nation divided -- Healing the breach -- Reconstruction and reconnecting threads -- Out of the silence: descendants restore family names -- Epilogue: History and the democratization of memory.

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