The Slaves Have Names: Ancestors of my Home
About this ebook
They were masons and nurses, school teachers and field hands, 246 people owned by a man who struggled with the institution of slavery. Yet, almost no one knows their names.When a white woman begins to study the history of the plantations these people built, the plantations where she was raised, she discovers that the silence around these people's lives speaks of a silence in her country's history . . . and in her own life.
A creative nonfiction, history book about American slavery and its legacy in the United States. If you appreciate knowing the untold stories, if you get excited about a delve into justice, if you know that history affects every bit of the way we live today, then The Slaves Have Names is the book for you.
Buy it today and disappear into the lives of these amazing people.
About the author
Andi Cumbo-Floyd is a historian and writer who specializes in recovering the stories of enslaved communities in Virginia. She grew up on the Bremo Plantations and is deeply endebted to the enslaved people who built that place, the place she calls home. You can read more about her work at andilit.com
