An American quilt : unfolding a story of family and slavery
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Author
May, Rachel
Published
New York : Pegasus Books, 2018.
Format
Book
Edition
First Pegasus books cloth edition.
Physical Desc
ix, 452 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits, genealogical table ; 24 cm
Status
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Published
New York : Pegasus Books, 2018.
Edition
First Pegasus books cloth edition.
Language
English
UPC
99976571827

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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-444).
Description
Following the trail left by an unfinished quilt, May examines slavery from the cotton fields of the South to the textile mills of New England-- and the humanity behind it. In piecing together the story of Minerva, Eliza, Jane, and Juba-- the enslaved women behind a quilt made of 1830s-era fabric-- and their owner, Susan Crouch, May reveals the lives of these urban enslaved women and their world. -- adapted from jacket.
Language
Text in English.

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LC Subjects
Creative nonfiction.
Slavery -- United States -- History.
Other Subjects
African American art.
African Americans -- History.
Quilting -- History -- United States.
Slavery -- History -- United States.
Slavery -- United States -- History.