Edward Ball: Slaves in the Family

Edward Ball: Slaves in the Family

PBS NewsHour

InläsarePBS NewsHour
Längd9 min
Språken
FörlagNewsHour Productions
ISBN9781987104387

The 1998 National Book Award winner in the nonfiction category was Edward Ball for his book, Slaves in the Family. It's about the lives of his slave-owning ancestors on their rice plantations near Charleston, South Carolina. The book also tells the story of some of the thousands of slaves the Ball family once owned.