Slavery's Descendants : : Shared Legacies of Race and Reconciliation / / ed. by Jill Strauss, Dionne Ford.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
• MitwirkendeR: Beumée, David Terrett,; Branan, Karen,; Broussard, Antoinette,; DeWolf, Thomas Norman,; Fisher Baldwin, Betty Kilby,; Ford, Dionne,; Guerrier, Fabrice,; Harp, Stephanie,; Hayter-Menzies, Grant,; Jackson, Eileen,; Jenkins, Sara,; Kilby, Phoebe,; Kohrs, Sarah,; LaNier, Shannon,; Lee, Tammarrah,; Marty, Debian,; McGill, Joseph,; Morgan, Sharon Leslie,; Nokes, R. Gregory,; Pearmain, Elisa D.,; Sasanov, Catherine,; Sizemore, Bill,; Stainton, Leslie,; Stewart-Ross, Karen,; Strauss, Jill,; Truscott-I V, Lucian K.,; Westrick, A. B.,; Williams, Rodney G.,
• TeilnehmendeR: Beumée, David Terrett.; Branan, Karen.; Broussard, Antoinette.; Dewolf, Thomas Norman.; Ford, Dionne.; Guerrier, Fabrice.; Harp, Stephanie.; Hayter-Menzies, Grant.; Jackson, Eileen.; Jenkins, Sara.; Kilby, Phoebe.; Kilby-Baldwin, Betty.; Kohrs, Sarah.; LaNier, Shannon.; Lee, Tammarrah.; Marty, Debian.; McGill, Joseph.; Morgan, Sharon.; Nokes, R. Gregory.; Pearmain, Elissa.; Sasanov, Catherine.; Sizemore, Bill.; Stainton, Leslie.; Stewart-Ross, Karen.; Strauss, Jill.; Westrick, A.B.; Williams, Rodney G.
• HerausgeberIn: Ford, Dionne,; Strauss, Jill,
• Place / Publishing House: New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2019]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (293 p.) :; 13 B-W photographs

Race remains a potent and divisive force in our society. Whether it is the shooting of minority people by the police, the mass incarceration of people of color, or the recent KKK rallies that have been in the news, it is clear that the scars from the United States’ histories of slavery and racial discrimination run too deep to simply be ignored. But what are the most productive ways to deal with the toxic and torturous legacies of American racism? Slavery’s Descendants brings together contributors from a variety of racial backgrounds, all members or associates of a national racial reconciliation organization called Coming to the Table, to tell their stories of dealing with America’s racial past through their experiences and their family histories. Some are descendants of slaveholders, some are descendants of the enslaved, and many are descendants of both slaveholders and slaves. What they all have in common is a commitment toward collective introspection, and a willingness to think critically about how the nation’s histories of oppression continue to ripple into the present, affecting us all. The stories in Slavery’s Descendants deal with harrowing topics—rape, lynching, cruelty, shame—but they also describe acts of generosity, gratitude, and love. Together, they help us confront the legacy of slavery to reclaim a more complete picture of U.S. history, one cousin at a time. Funding for the production of this book was provided by Furthermore, a program of the J. M. Kaplan Fund (https://www.furthermore.org).

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD. Coming to the Table -- INTRODUCTION -- Part I. UNCOVERING HISTORY -- 1. PRESIDENT IN THE FAMILY -- 2. SO MANY NAMES -- 3. THE WILL, THE WOMAN, AND THE ARCHIVE -- 4. OVERCOMING AMNESIA -- 5. OREGON’S SLAVE HISTORY -- 6. SEED OF THE FANCY MAID -- Part II. MAKING CONNECTIONS -- 7. STATE LINE -- 8. THE PLANTATION CAKE -- 9. AM I BLACK? -- 10. THE IMMEASURABLE DISTANCE BETWEEN US -- 11. MAKING CONNECTIONS -- 12. A MILLENNIAL FACING THE LEGACIES OF SLAVERY -- Part III. WORKING TOWARD HEALING -- 13. STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS OF MY ANCESTORS -- 14. SO CLOSE AND SO FAR AWAY -- 15. BORN BOTH INNOCENT AND ACCOUNTABLE -- 16. THE TERRETTS OF OAKLAND PLANTATION -- 17. NOT A WOUND TOO DEEP -- 18. TO SEE -- Part IV. TAKING ACTION -- 19. DIGGING UP THE WOODPILE -- 20. ON BEING INVOLVED -- 21. CHANGING THE NARRATIVE -- 22. TANGLED VINES -- 23. A DREAM DEFERRED ALONG HOLMAN’S CREEK -- 24. A TALE OF TWO SISTERS -- AFTERWORD -- POSTSCRIPT -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX