"Payne-ful" business : Charleston's journey to truth / by Margaret Seidler ; paintings by John W. Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Seidler, Margaret, author.

Contributor:

Jones, John W., 1950- illustrator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Racism--History.

Racism.

Slavery--History.

Slavery.

Slaveholders--History.

Slaveholders.

Charleston (S.C.)--Race relations--History.

Charleston (S.C.).

Charleston (S.C.)--Genealogy.

Physical Description:

152 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 x 29 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Payne-ful business

Painful business

Place of Publication:

Charleston, South Carolina : Evening Post Books, [2024]

Summary:

"'Payne-ful' Business: Charleston's Journey to Truth follows Margaret Seidler's mission to learn and process her family's genealogical past. Using extensive research and personal experience, Seidler discusses the realities of Charleston's racial history while highlighting the historians, journalists, and community members who work to reconcile those truths. The book features authentic, historic slave advertisements brought to life by vivid paintings by artist John W. Jones that uncover the humanity hidden beneath the detached advertisement descriptions. Seidler hopes that acknowledging a more complete truth about our past will motivate us to bridge today's racial divide"-- Back cover.

Contents:

Part I. Dogma: we only know what we know

Part II. Discovery

Part III. Journey to truth telling

Part IV. The search to deliver an apology

Part V. A path for reckoning so we all thrive

Part IV. The seed for truth is planted and growing.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781929647934

192964793X

OCLC:

1441896282