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Book cover image of Slaves in the Family by Edward Ball

Authors: Edward Ball
ISBN-13: 9780345431059, ISBN-10: 0345431057
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Date Published: December 1998
Edition: Reissue

Author Biography: Edward Ball

Edward Ball was born in Savannah, Georgia, graduated from Brown University, and was a columnist for The Village Voice. This is his first book.

Book Synopsis

A former Village Voice columnist journeys into his family's slave-owning past, telling the story of black and white families who lived side by side for five generations.

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Poignant.

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1 Plantation Memories	7
2 Masters from England	22
3 The Well of Tradition	43
4 Bright Ma	84
5 A Family Business	88
6 Written in the Blood	110
7 The Making of a Dynasty	134
8 Sawmill	155
9 Bloodlines	176
10 "Yours, obediently"	198
11 A House Divided	215
12 The Width of the Realm	242
13 A Painter's Legacy	271
14 The Curse of Buzzard Wing	295
15 The Siege	322
16 Aftermath	351
17 The Preservation Society	375
18 A Reckoning	382
Epilogue: Bunce Island	419
Genealogies	446
Acknowledgments
Sources	454
Notes	457
Picture Credits	485
Index	491