The remnants of rice banks, eroded Some readers have felt the book was superficial or self-indulgent on the part of the writer. During slavery, the family had more than a dozen city residences in addition to the plantations out of town. I remember the suffocating heat that seemed to radiate up from the ground It also helped be better understand the African-American experience. Behind it, secluded by a high wall, lay a red-tiled patio and a garden, gone to seed since the foreclosure. The verses consist of love lyrics to his wife, meditations on old things--one about a country church, another about rusting Confederate guns--and elegies about the Civil War, whose outcome caused him much sadness. Roman slaves were allowed to make contracts in regard to third peculium. Soon Dad took my brother, The author's pursuit takes him across the U.S., and to Africa.I enjoyed reading about the origins of Mr. Ball's family, the slaves, the places his search took him, the people he found and his relationship with some of them. Does this item contain inappropriate content? Very interesting in understanding where each "side" was coming from. Did the plantations form part of my identity?. Anyone white, European-Americans who has done some family history research that links them back to slave owning Southern families before the Civil War should read this book. Whereas Roman-law societies had elaborate norms on contracts, Muscovy had essentially none. In Slaves in the Family, Edward Ball recounts his efforts to track down and meet the descendants of his family's slaves. On the spine the words Can I come over so we can talk about it?" His first-person account of tracking down those descendants reminded me of "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks." Our group, very yankee and very white wondered how our discussion would have been different if we had a representative from the south and/or a Black American. Site Index | , Publisher He finished high school in New Orleans and attended Brown University, graduating in 1982 with a B.A. (The name Elias Ball would be used for many future sons, including Wambaw Elias, the Tory who moved back to England two generations later.) Our book group discussed this last evening. a distance of many generations and through the mists of segregation and distrust--seemed daunting to say the least. Daughters born in the Ball households often kept their hand in the business. Slaves in the Family is about one persons investigation of his familys slavesholding past, and about his search for and meetings with descendants of the people his ancestors once enslaved. I don't understand how anyone could justify owning, imposing, theiving life from others, even if they are related to me. Brief Summary of Book: Slaves in the Family by Edward Ball Here is a quick description and cover image of book Slaves in the Familywritten by Edward Ballwhich was published in 1998-2-1. In Mesopotamia and in Islamic practice the killer of a slave merely had to compensate the owner for the loss of his property. The picture showed a whale of a building in Greek Revival style; six two-story columns lined each of the four facades, making twenty-four Doric columns all the way Marie The subject of slavery is never an easy one, bringing many emotions and unspoken, unresolved issues to the forefront. Unable to add item to List. I wish many descendants of slaves could read this book and know that their distant cousins can indeed experience some of the emotional toll of the diabolical system that harmed so many people--yet inadvertently brought us the many cultural riches that gleam in the American fabric. However, this is not a book you're going to get through on a flight somewhere.Unlike many books today, you're going to have to work some to get the meaning out of this terrific book. WebBBC journalist Laura Trevelyan said King Charles should apologise for the royal family's slave trade past. plaster. First there were stacks of papers, then boxes and "[citation needed]. his role in the war, or perhaps he simply could not let go of the lifestyle of slave master. This is after the 54-year-old quit her job and paid 100,000 in reparation Going on this voyage with him offers a fascinating glimpse into our nation's history, and teaches us that here really is no such thing as 'black' or 'white'. WebSlaves in the Family. This book speaks to me in a very personal way. That was particularly likely to be the case when slaves played a major role in the society, because disputes could not be resolved by the freemen alone without resort to evidence provided by slaves. The same no doubt happened among black families as each drifted farther from the plantation. pretend to fire shots at the Yankees, vindicating the lost war of his youth, which robbed him of his patrimony. Our ancestors did not keep the kind of records his family did, or if some did they were lost. : My father had a little joke that made light of our legacy as a family that had once owned slaves. In 1698, Elias Ball, a twenty-two-year-old peasant from Devonshire, England, arrived in Charleston, South Carolina to take possession of his inheritance, part of a plantation called Comingtee and approximately twenty-five slaves. He was known to play Bach International | We passed unpainted cottages belonging to black families, each house with two or three rooms, a little porch, and a pitched tin roof. The size of the Ball lands once ranged from small three-hundred-acre tracts. When she married (or, as a widow, remarried) her property rights passed to the man, under the legal doctrine known as coverture. dreams. WebIn general, a slave had far fewer rights to his offspring than to his spouse. to live in the year 1698. Isaac would feel his way to the park and find the eastern edge of the green, where a tall seawall, known as the High Battery, stands against the tides. In 1852, Church leaders serving in Utahs legislature debated what to do about black slavery in Utah Territory. , Language "Slaves in the Family" recounts Edward Ball's painstaking research into the history of his family, the first of whom settled near Charlestion at the end of the 17th century. There are so many Ball relations, many of them with similar names, and you can only learn bits about each of them, not enough to develop any kind of emotional involvement in the story. He often put on a three-piece suit and ribbon tie, except in summer, when he pared down to starched shirts. Who were their loved ones? Isaac Ball was Dad's grandfather. When I was a child, Dad used to tell stories about our ancestors, the rice planters. We have been in each other's the census enumerator did not record, belonged to a family of eight whites in the mansion. I read this book during a vacation in Hawaii; I found it so compelling I couldn't put it down.This book is an example of a trend in history writing by journalists that weds the personal style of "new journalism" with serious historical research. Edward Ball was born in Savannah, Georgia, in 1958, grew up in South Carolina, Florida, and Louisiana. Wambaw Elias fought the patriots and burned their houses until such time as the British lost and his victim called for revenge. He was able to reconstruct slave families' genealogies down to the present and then he contacted 100,000 of the descendants of the "Ball slaves." Some societies had much legislation on this topic, others practically none. You can read this before Slaves in the Family PDF EPUB full Download at the It was a rare society that permitted a slave to serve as a witness against his owner, but some societies, such as ancient Nuzi and Muscovy, allowed slaves to testify against, even to sue, third parties. At the beginning were two questions: Who were the Ball Family? e. The 1842 Slave Revolt in the Cherokee Nation was the largest escape of a group of slaves to occur in the Cherokee Nation, in what was then Indian Territory. The book depicts his family as being not the cruelest of slave owners. : Op-Ed | I (a white woman) found out that my great grandfather was the son of a black woman & white slave owner) that had worked and her family had worked on a plantation for decades. For example, in Qing China a slave was punished one degree more severely than free citizens for offenses against a freeman. Most societies, such as those in Athens, Rome, Kievan Rus, Thailand, and Louisiana, did not allow slaves to contract independently with third parties, although some allowed the slave to make a contract on his owners behalf. Today, some 100,000 Americans have among their ancestors one or more people once enslaved by the Ball family. The progeny of a single couple, Isaac (the Confederate) Ball and his wife, Mary Louisa Moultrie Ball, numbered about 150 and lived in fifteen states. WebOpen the settings menu. It lists the contents of a house near London that once belonged to the Harleston family, relatives of the Balls. another drawing room, bathrooms, and, on the top floor, three more bedrooms, baths, a laundry. : As someone who is interested in genealogy, this book was fascinating. I had a personal reason for reading this book. For me to understand the plantation story and find the descendants of the slaves, the written record would have to provide the map. He is not the only person who must struggle to acknowledge evil done by family members in the past. There are traces of that attitude in the reviews that complain that Ball is too "angsty," that he shouldn't feel guilty, but one of the strengths of this book is that he confronts how the legacy of slavery and 'white supremacy' has held families back even today. The story of his slave-owning family, part of the weave of his childhood, was a mystery he could only partly decipher. sight. I think anyone interested in African American genealogy would find this particularly interesting. Near the house where he lived, at the the plantations shadowed my dreams. Preservationists called it the Branford-Horry House, after two of its former owners. When the Civil War ended in 1865, the family held many plantations, all of them on the Cooper River: The Blessing, Buck Hall, Cedar Hill, Cherry Hill, Comingtee, Dean Hall, Halidon Hill, Hyde Park, , File size Understanding The slave family did all the things families normally do, but the fact that other human I know my father was proud of his heritage but at the same time, I suspect, had questions about it. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Edward Ball, the descendant of South Carolina slave masters, sets out to trace the lineage of the slaves who lived on his ancestors' plantations. Charles Rowley later went into the military, became a commissioned officer, and when the Civil A few of the Ball family had children with enslaved women, some producing mulatto children who were granted freedom even before the Civil War and emancipation. , Edward Ball, a descendant of Elias Ball, has written a nonfiction American saga. He attempts to cover a very long time span--going back to 1660--which is both what makes it valuable to students of history and what makes it less accessible to those not already enthralled with the subject. Although in my early childhood our family lived in other parts of the South, in summers we paid visits to South Carolina to mingle with the relatives, and when I was nine we moved to the state. The research underneath the story was thorough, and the analysis was thoughtful. "That's another of the family secrets," Dad said, smiling. I came across an interview that was done with the author on an old Oprah Winfrey show. . Ball is also interested in the people these plantation owners purchased who worked the land and kept their homes. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. Ball is quite a good writer and manages to bring to life the dry facts he found in the records. Click on Remote Playlists. War began rose to the rank of brigadier general, commanding the Sixth Brigade of the Louisiana Militia. His book is well researched, and well written with an easy narrative style. captured the slaves who had run away, sold them, then took his family to England, where he lived for another thirty-eight years, regretting to the last that he had been forced to give up the life of a slave owner. The ballroom on the Reading this book felt like walking through molasses. Written by the descendant of plantation owners, Edward Ball makes a diligent effort to find and understand the perspective of his own ancestors and the people they enslaved. Needing to know more, he began researching and trying to find the descendants of the slaves his family had owned. the normal encouragements of parents who wanted their children to rise. When I was twelve, Dad died and was buried near Charleston. and then actually show up and talk about all the consequences of slavery. I have very strong feelings when it comes to reparations, because my family received a form of reparations, says Patrice. If you are a history buff, especially the Civil War era, then this book is for you. Check local listings to see where you can watch. His meeting with black people and listening to their stories are at the heart of the book. The earliest page is They wrote, but only for a few readers. Page One Plus | It When the Revolutionary War reached the South, Wambaw Elias, instead of joining the American rebels, went to the British commander in Charleston, pointing over George's head to some mile-away place. The book is both a "personal" account of the Ball family ownership of slaves and a well-researched and thoughtful history of slavery in the United States. Many stayed put and married others in the same group, and their children did the same. How Many of the Signers of the U.S. Constitution Were Enslavers? The rooms were moldering, the air thick and bacterial. But it is also a large omnium-gatherum of enchanting fireside anecdotes, secrets teased out of reluctant fragments from the remote past, the real lives of blacks and whites whose stories had been lost in the disintegrating churn of time until Edward Ball's patient reconstructions. The Raleigh News & Observer[An] unblinking history not only of [Edward Ball's] ancestors but also of the people they held as slaves . It was run-down and neglected, but I could use the house until My father, Theodore Porter Ball, came from the venerable city of Charleston, South Carolina, the son of an old plantation clan. What were their names? (Georgia Archives Microfilm #231/16-17) This microfilm publication reproduces six volumes of correspondence of the Secretary of the Navy relating to African colonization, January 5, 1819-May 29, 1844. Enter a name in the Playlist Name field (Example: TV) and delete Marketplace, Quick News | WebSlave owners considered their slaves more as livestock than humans. for more than two hundred years. Babylonian, Hebrew, Tibetan-speaking Nepalese Nyinba, Siamese, and American Southern slave owners thought nothing of breaking up both the conjugal unit and the nuclear family. It makes us think twice before we judge men like Thomas Jefferson, for being with a slave. To not record it is to deny the truth and there has been too much denial. Dad used to call him Isaac the Confederate to distinguish him from the seven other Isaacs in Slavery traders tried to cheat Africans with impure Cornish copper, says study. Some places, such as Rome, allowed slaves to accumulate, manage, and use property in a peculium that was legally revocable but could be used to purchase their freedom. .orange-text-color {color: #FE971E;} Explore your book, then jump right back to where you left off with Page Flip. e. The 1842 Slave Revolt in the Cherokee Nation was the largest escape of a group of slaves to occur in the Cherokee Nation, in what was then Indian Territory. Perhaps the most interesting were the interviews with the current and just immediately past generations both black and white and their stories and reactions to his wanting to find out how it really was. Part historical narrative, part oral history, part personal story of investigation and catharsis, Slaves in the Family is, in the words of Pat Conroy, "a work of breathtaking generosity and courage, a magnificent study of the complexity and strangeness and beauty of the word family. Fafa Demasio. Dad was an Episcopal priest, so the houses we lived in belonged to the church, and my parents owned a single car. I knew a lot about the Balls, but I never knew much about the slaves, even though on the plantations black people far outnumbered white. Down the main hall lay the best-kept room, the library. From time to time, the "Ball book" came down off the shelf, and when it did the plantations shadowed By the time of the photograph, the plantation had long passed out of the family and stood abandoned and decrepit. Whereas legal systems from Babylonia, Athens, Rome, early Germany, China, and Ethiopia to Islamic societies and Louisiana allowed guarantees by the sellers that slaves would not flee, were free from disease, or had certain skills, no such laws existed in places such as Muscovy. It reminds us of our common humanity and of the ties that still bind us, no matter what the wounds of the past. The Philadelphia Inquirer, Discover more of the authors books, see similar authors, read author blogs and more. As Isaac was losing his sight, Dad said, he used to shave with his eyes closed, ASIN Sadists, even psychopaths, who could not cope with their right of total dominance over another human being, might appear anywhere, as might kindly masters. In South America, Charles Rowley evidently once again acquired human property before he died in July 1869, tit age sixty-three, in the province .orange-text-color {font-weight:bold; color: #FE971E;}View high quality images that let you zoom in to take a closer look. In a host of other societies, such as ancient and Roman Egypt, Babylonia, Assyria, Talmudic Palestine, Gortyn, much of medieval Germany, Thailand, Mongol and Qing China, medieval Spain, and the northern Nigerian emirates, slaves had the right of property ownership. He writes movingly about the treatment of the slaves and about his encounters with their descendants. Please try again. ways they came apart as a discrete society. BBC journalist Laura Trevelyan said King Charles should apologise for the royal family's slave trade past. Download the free Kindle app and start reading Kindle books instantly on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. I read through the Ball papers, beginning with the story of the first Elias Ball, who died in 1751, at, (C) 1998 Edward Ball All rights reserved. guttural sounds. In 1790, according to the first census of the United States, thirty-four slaves lived in the compound. The pages smelled like wet leaves. another surname. estates of three or four thousand acres, with hundreds of slaves. A granddaughter of the master of Seven Oaks, Marie Constance Zeringue, married a man named Yves Caesar LeCorgne. On the way back to Charleston, Dad stayed quiet about George. I learned much about so many things that it is too much to write about. Mantels, windows, and doors had been tossed up in the attic, evidently as each piece had broken off the old house. I would find out what had occurred on the Ball lands in as much detail as I could. Between 1698 and If we did not inherit money, or land, we received a great fund of cultural capital, including prestige, a chance at education, self-esteem, a sense of place, mobility, even (in some cases) a flair for giving Top subscription boxes right to your door, 1996-2023, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates, Learn more how customers reviews work on Amazon. meant that in the eyes of the law a couple would appear as a single person, the husband, whose identity substituted for that of his wife. But inwardly the plantations lived on. In a moment the skipper rounded a bend in the river and we came in sight of the oldest Ball place, Comingtee plantation. "What does that leave to talk about?" It seems like families that can trace their ancestry back to a specific plantation or person are more stable and generally more church-y and so more likely to be forgiving or at least moving past it. Through painstaking research and wonderful storytelling Ball tracks down his ancestors, both white and black, and tells the story of slavery in this country from the point of view of one prominent family. Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2022. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. In that book you also had a white writer tracking down the black descendants of someone wronged by the white establishment. By the beginning of the Civil War, Isaac's father, William James Ball, controlled seven other rice plantations in addition to Limerick, each with its own black village. I was excited to read this, given what the author was trying to do, but it was a little disappointing. If there is a Slaves In The Family SparkNotes, Shmoop guide, or Cliff Notes, you can find a "One day you'll want to know about all this," Dad said, waving his hand vaguely, his lips pursed. Part historical narrative, part oral history, part personal story of investigation and catharsis, is, in the words of Pat Conroy, "a work of breathtaking generosity and courage, a magnificent study of the complexity and strangeness and beauty of the word family. While some in this story, both black and white, preferred that the past be buried and forgotten, Ball persisted. Wambaw Elias knew he had no future in the United States and decided to cash in his assets. In Slaves in the Family, Edward Ball recounts his efforts to track down and meet the descendants of his family's slaves. The History of Slavery in North America Quiz. , Print length At their busiest, the many plantations owned by the Ball families contained over 1,000 slaves. Automobiles | He is not afraid to reveal the truth and this makes his "story" so authentic. Read instantly on your browser with Kindle for Web. 27 Feb 2023. WebThe stability of the slave family was often challenged due to the fact that no state law recognized marriage among slaves and masters had legal authority over slave children and the possibility of forced separation. It must have been difficult, especially when he wasn't well received. The most prosperous households owned slaves for every imaginable purpose, purchased at the slave markets found in almost all Roman towns. "I mean, he picked the wrong side in the Revolution." Synopsis [ edit ] The author explores his family origins, dating to his English immigrant My new Charleston home had no resemblance to my former New York apartment. Ball, the descendent of a family that was very wealthy in South Carolina, is looking at the many lines in his family. A history/biography about the plantation and slave-owning family Ball and the people they owned. As the first event in the Ball reunion fell apart, we clambered off the deck into the motorboats in twos and threes. Using an equation that made allowances for rates of marriage within the community, for average numbers of children, long-term migration out of the South, and the increase in life span, it was "Did I ever tell you about Wambaw Elias Ball?" And it was not only "us," the families of former slave owners, who carried the baggage of the plantations. The crop Eventually Dad emerged from the house and made his good-byes. "There's George," said Dad, pulling the four-door to a stop. This is a very interesting and awesome story of how slaves became part of the white families, even though it was never talked about. April 18, 2023, 4:11 AM. The Balls were unusual in that they were more detailed in documenting their human property, so much so that there is at least one line that can be traced all the way back to Africa. It was the largest number of slaves living at any address in the city. But once the book went back in the bookcase, the dreams faded. It subtly challenges whites to revise self-serving views of the past Because they are slaves, they are incapable of performing civil acts. On the other hand, in a few societies, as in the ancient Middle East, slaves were allowed to contract with third parties. That provision found its way into the Code of Justinian. Cousins: Connected through slavery, a Black woman and a White woman discover their pastand each other. I learned a lot, and then the emotions came--it was hard to fathom some of the events that took place. The investigation, I decided, would have two parts: first, a hunt through the Balls' slave--owning past and, second, a search for the descendants of Ball slaves. I moved from New York back to Charleston to carry out the search. Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2021. Sorry, there was a problem loading this page. , Sticky notes Some societies did not allow third parties to assault slaves with impunity. In the slave days the rice fields lay at the edge of the river. knows how rare that is. I feel like they should have been given at least equal time -- his white ancestors' history is essentially mainstream history, so why should we hear so much of it here? From this place it is possible to see, far out in We peered The ending felt forced. Slaves in the Family shows the ways that slavery lives on in black and white memory and experienceand illuminates the uncertain path to redress. ISBN: 0-374-26582-8, Home | Web(CNN) -- Between 1698 and Emancipation, the Ball family of South Carolina owned 235 plantations and close to 4,000 slaves. This award winning (national book award) was sheer pleasure to read. : The author struggles with his own familys culpability in the worst parts of our nations history in a way that helps the reader do the same. That made light of our common humanity and of the U.S. Constitution were Enslavers,,... 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