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Edward Ball: Slaves in the Family
Author: PBS NewsHour
Narrator: PBS NewsHour
Unabridged: 9 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: NewsHour Productions
Published: 11/24/1998
Categories: Nonfiction, Language Arts, Social Science, Slavery
Synopsis
The 1998 National Book Award winner in the nonfiction category was Edward Ball for his book, Slaves in the Family. It's about the lives of his slave-owning ancestors on their rice plantations near Charleston, South Carolina. The book also tells the story of some of the thousands of slaves the Ball family once owned.