In South Carolina in the 1850s, an enslaved woman named Rose gives a simple cotton bag to her daughter Ashley. Ashley is about to be separated from her mother, sold as chattel to the highest bidder. The bag contains all her worldly possessions, and precious reminders about her family.

From Harvard historian and National Book Award-winning author Tiya Miles comes All That She Carried. Blending first-class historical research and literary creativity, Miles' book traces Ashley’s Sack through the ages, and with it, the story of a Black family during slavery, and of a people and a nation.

This conversation took place at Het Scheepvaartmuseum in Amsterdam om June 17, 2024. Moderation by Jennifer Tosch.

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