Slaves in the Family (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780374534455)

Decades after this celebrated work of narrative nonfiction won the National Book Award and changed the American conversation about race, Slaves in the Family is reissued by FSG Classics, with a new preface by the author.

The Ball family hails from South Carolina--Charleston and thereabouts. Their plantations were among the oldest and longest-standing plantations in the South. Between 1698 and 1865, close to four thousand black people were born into slavery under the Balls or were bought by them.

In Slaves in the Family, Edward Ball recounts his efforts to track down and meet the descendants of his family's slaves. Part historical narrative, part oral history, part personal story of investigation and catharsis, Slaves in the Family is, in the words of Pat Conroy, "a work of breathtaking generosity and courage, a magnificent study of the complexity and strangeness and beauty of the word 'family.'"

Author: Edward Ball
ISBN-10: 0374534454
ISBN-13: 9780374534455
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Language: English
Published: 04/22/2014
Pages: 544
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.28lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.30d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7.8
Point Value: 31
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 83331 / Slaves in the Family