Pieces of the Quilt - The Mosaic of An African American Family (Paperback)

Author Anita Wills, spent over thirty years reconstructing her families lost history. This book is about those in her family who had extraordinary achievements, such as Elijah Johnson, one of the settlers of Liberia. The search is complicated by the multiracial lines that Ms. Wills had to work with. The task is to document the oral history passed down through so many generations. The result is an amazing family history of a people who were labeled, Indian, Mulatto, Colored, Negro, black, and now African American. They are a people who intermixed and married in the Great Valley Region of Pennsylvania. The stories are of Colonial America's people of color, who are the Mosaic that is America.

General

Imprint:	Book Surge Publishing Co.
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2009
First published:	May 2009
Illustrators:	Bruce Anthony Baxter
Authors:	Anita L. Wills
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-1-4392-3585-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	1-4392-3585-6
Barcode:	9781439235850

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