Enslavement, separation & survival: the story of "Ashley's sack"

<p><br></p><br><p>In 1850s South Carolina, an enslaved woman named Rose packed a sack containing a few precious items for her nine-year-old daughter Ashley. Ashley §was then separated from her mother and sold, and it’s likely the two never saw each other again. This heart-wrenching story is embroidered on a tattered cotton sack now held in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. In this episode, Professor Tiya Miles discusses her Cundill prize-shortlisted book on “Ashley’s sack” and what it can reveal about women’s experiences during slavery.</p><p> </p><p>(Ad) Tiya Miles is the author of All That She Carried: The History of a Black Family Keepsake, Lost &amp; Found (Penguin Random House, 2021). Buy it now from Amazon:</p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/All-That-She-Carried-Keepsake/dp/1984854992/?tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-social-Histboty" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.co.uk/All-That-She-Carried-Keepsake/dp/1984854992/?tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-social-Histboty</a></p><br><p><br></p><p>Subscribe to BBC History Magazine or BBC History Revealed this season and receive a book of your choice worth up to £30* at https://www.buysubscriptions.com/subscribe2022</p><p>Listeners from outside the UK can also subscribe</p><p>*Book promotion only available for UK residents</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>