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My Time (Hardcover)
Marie Jenkins; Edited by Iris M Williams
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R730
Discovery Miles 7 300
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Welsh quilts, with their characteristic fabric choice, strikingly
simple patchwork designs and decorative quilting patterns, have a
rich tradition that some believe may have inspired the Amish when
they first settled near Welsh communities in Pensylvania. This book
explores the fascinating history of Welsh quilting with a stunning
gallery of photographs of Wales' quilt treasures.It presents
techniques, which range from traditional hand piecing and hand
quilting methods to modern rotary cutting and machine quilting
techniques. In-depth information is given on selecting the right
fabrics and colours, and basic equipment needed to create these
quilts. A pattern library of traditional Welsh quilting templates
shows how the patterns were originally drafted from cups and
saucers and other everyday household items.
The deprivations and cruelty of slavery have overshadowed our
understanding of the institution's most human dimension: birth. We
often don't realize that after the United States stopped importing
slaves in 1808, births were more important than ever; slavery and
the southern way of life could continue only through babies born in
bondage.
In the antebellum South, slaveholders' interest in slave women
was matched by physicians struggling to assert their own
professional authority over childbirth, and the two began to work
together to increase the number of infants born in the slave
quarter. In unprecedented ways, doctors tried to manage the health
of enslaved women from puberty through the reproductive years,
attempting to foster pregnancy, cure infertility, and resolve
gynecological problems, including cancer.
Black women, however, proved an unruly force, distrustful of
both the slaveholders and their doctors. With their own healing
traditions, emphasizing the power of roots and herbs and the
critical roles of family and community, enslaved women struggled to
take charge of their own health in a system that did not respect
their social circumstances, customs, or values. "Birthing a Slave"
depicts the competing approaches to reproductive health that
evolved on plantations, as both black women and white men sought to
enhance the health of enslaved mothers--in very different ways and
for entirely different reasons.
"Birthing a Slave" is the first book to focus exclusively on
the health care of enslaved women, and it argues convincingly for
the critical role of reproductive medicine in the slave system of
antebellum America.
Behind every great man stands a great woman. And behind that great
woman stands a slave. Or so it was in the households of the
Founding Fathers from Virginia where slaves worked and suffered
throughout the domestic environments of the era, from Mount Vernon,
Monticello, and Montpelier to the nation's capital. American icons
like Martha Washington, Martha Jefferson, and Dolley Madison were
all slaveholders. And as Marie Jenkins Schwartz uncovers in Ties
That Bound, these women, as the day to day managers of their
households, dealt with the realities of a slaveholding culture
directly and continuously, even in the most intimate of
spaces.Unlike other histories that treat the stories of the First
Ladies' slaves as somehow separate from the lives of their
mistresses, as if slavery should be relegated to its own sphere or
chapter, Ties That Bound closely examines the relationships that
developed between the First Ladies and their slaves. For elite
women and their families, slaves were more than an agricultural
workforce; instead, slavery was an entire domestic way of life that
reflected and reinforced their status. In many cases slaves were
more constant companions to the white women of the household than
were the white men themselves, who often traveled or were at war.
Thus, by looking closely at the complicated intimacy these women
shared, Schwartz is able to reveal how they negotiated their roles,
illuminating much about the lives of slaves themselves as well as
class, race, and gender in early America.By detailing the
prevalence and prominence of slaves in the daily lives of women who
helped shape the country, Schwartz makes it clear that it is
impossible to honestly tell the stories of these women while
ignoring the slaves in the background. She asks us to consider anew
the embedded power of slavery in the very earliest conception of
American politics, society, and everyday domestic routines.
Whilst walking through fields of golden corn, with the sun on his
back, Sam Dellaney began recollecting his younger years and all
that had taken place on his homestead. He had been born and raised
on this property and this had been his life for 85 years, handed
down from father to son. He was proud of this small but over the
year's profitable farm. His Mom and dad had been proud folk, with
hearts as kind and soft as the cotton that was harvested every
year. As a young boy he had followed his dad like the shadow of the
midday sun, watching and learning, eager to help where he could.
His Pa was happy to teach this young boy all he knew, for it was
the legacy he would leave one day.
Life was simple for Betty Ann Sunshine when she was growing up way
down in the backwoods of Alabama. Sometime later on in life Betty
met Bobo Coxs, the man of her dreams. Little did she know that her
life was about to be turned into a nightmare, a dark and shadowy
nightmare that she would never forget.
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