Kin: Rooted in Hope Weatherford Carole Boston
A powerful portrait of a Black family tree shaped by enslavement and freedom, rendered in searing poems by acclaimed author Carole Boston Weatherford and stunning art by her son Jeffery Boston…
Specifikacia Kin: Rooted in Hope Weatherford Carole Boston
A powerful portrait of a Black family tree shaped by enslavement and freedom, rendered in searing poems by acclaimed author Carole Boston Weatherford and stunning art by her son Jeffery Boston Weatherford.I call their names:Abram Alice Amey Arianna AntiquaI call their names:Isaac Jake James Jenny JimEvery last one, property of the Lloyds, the state's preeminent enslavers.Every last one, with a mind of their own and a story that ain't yet been told.Till now.Carole and Jeffery Boston Weatherford's ancestors are among the founders of Maryland. Their family history there extends more than three hundred years, but as with the genealogical searches of many African Americans with roots in slavery, their family tree can only be traced back five generations before going dark. And so from