Thursday 8 July 2021

Ashley's Sack


Cotton, thread. 
29 11/16 x 15 3/4 inches. 
Created: 1850's; embroidering added 1921
Discovered: Nashville, Tennessee, flea market, 2007




Time line by Mark Auslander




Slavery's Traces: In Search of Ashley's Sack
by Mark Auslander, Central Washington University, 2016
Link:

 


Book
A renowned historian traces the life of a single object handed down through three generations of Black women to craft an extraordinary testament to people who are left out of the archives.


Link to read article in Smithsonian Magazine by Nora McGreevy, 2021:

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