Slaves in the Family
Page 58
Thank you for buying this
Farrar, Straus and Giroux ebook.
To receive special offers, bonus content,
and info on new releases and other great reads,
sign up for our newsletters.
Or visit us online at
us.macmillan.com/newslettersignup
For email updates on the author, click here.
CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Preface
1 Plantation Memories
2 Masters from England
3 The Well of Tradition
4 Bright Ma
5 A Family Business
6 Written in the Blood
7 The Making of a Dynasty
8 Sawmill
9 Bloodlines
10 “Yours, obediently”
11 A House Divided
12 The Width of the Realm
13 A Painter’s Legacy
14 The Curse of Buzzard Wing
15 The Siege
16 Aftermath
17 The Preservation Society
18 A Reckoning
Genealogies
Acknowledgments
Sources
Notes
Picture Credits
Index
Praise for Slaves in the Family
Also by Edward Ball
About the Author
Copyright
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
18 West 18th Street, New York 10011
Copyright © 1998 by Edward Ball
Preface copyright © 2014 by Edward Ball
All rights reserved
Published in 1998 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Owing to limitations of space, picture credits can be found here.
Our eBooks may be purchased in bulk for promotional, educational, or business use. Please contact the Macmillan Corporate and Premium Sales Department at 1-800-221-7945, extension. 5442, or by e-mail at MacmillanSpecialMarkets@macmillan.com.
The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows:
Ball, Edward
Slaves in the family / Edward Ball. — 1st ed.
p. cm.
ISBN 0-374-26582-8 (alk. paper)
1. Ball family. 2. Plantation life—South Carolina—Charleston Region—History. 3, Slaves—South Carolina—Charleston Region—History. 4. Slaveholders—South Carolina—Charleston Region—History, 5. Charleston Region (S.C.)—Race relations. 6. Afro-Americans—South Carolina—Charleston Region—History. 7. Charleston Region (S.C.)—Biography. I. Title.
F279.C453A2 1997
975.7’915’0099—dc21
97034640
eISBN 978-1-4668-9749-6
www.fsgbooks.com
www.twitter.com/fsgbooks • www.facebook.com/fsgbooks