Tiya Miles

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September 7, 2021

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How A Cotton Sack, Passed Down Over Generations, Tells A Larger Story About Slavery

In her new book, All That She Carried, historian Tiya Miles tells the story of an enslaved woman who, upon hearing her child was to be sold off, hastily packed her a bag with a few personal items.

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