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Gourdvine black and white : slavery and the Kilby families of the Virginia Piedmont / Timothy Kilby.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kilby, Timothy.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kilby, James, approximately 1740-1829--Family.
- Kilby, James.
- Kilby family.
- Slavery--Virginia--History--19th century.
- Slavery.
- Slaveholders--Virginia--History--19th century.
- Slaveholders.
- Enslaved persons--Virginia--Social conditions--19th century.
- Enslaved persons.
- Enslaved women--Virginia.
- Enslaved women.
- African Americans--Virginia--History--19th century.
- African Americans.
- Virginia--Genealogy.
- Virginia.
- Virginia--Race relations--19th century.
- Piedmont (U.S. : Region)--History, Local.
- Piedmont (U.S. : Region).
- Families.
- Race relations.
- Genealogy.
- Race discrimination.
- Enslaved persons--Social conditions.
- United States--Piedmont Region.
- Genre:
- Genealogy.
- Local history.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 220 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Slavery and the Kilby families of the Virginia Piedmont
- Place of Publication:
- Fairfax, Virginia : Tree of Meaning Publications, 2021.
- Summary:
- The gripping story of Sarah, daughter Juliet, and Juliet's children, each born enslaved in rural Virginia by the author's ancestors. This book offers a glimpse into the lives of one family divided into two by race and the recovery of lost identity.
- Contents:
- Part one. Seeds
- The promise of light
- "Masters, mistress, and slaves"
- The land
- Years of tension, years of toil
- Prelude to freedom
- Fractured lives, indomitable spirits
- Henry
- Sarah
- Juliet
- What name shall we use?
- Finding Juliet's family after the war
- And where is Juliet
- A question of identity
- Using the Kilby surname
- Simon becomes Charles William
- Transition to freedom
- Who will be remembered?
- Part two. A tree grows here
- One family, separate paths
- Simon Kilby
- Sarah Kilby
- Bettie Kilby
- John Kilby
- James Kilby
- Part three. Facts of family
- Genetic ties
- Conclusion
- Appendix-Sarah's descendants: the first two generations.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-209) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781736374801
- 173637480X
- OCLC:
- 1235726376
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