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"Edward Ball traces his past back to the large South Carolina rice plantations once controlled by family patriarchs and worked by hundreds of enslaved Africans over more than 150 years. Arriving in the "New World" just before the 1700's, Elias "Red Cap" Ball sets out to make his fortune as a farmer. Ball enslaved generations of men, women and children. The British colonists did not invent slavery, but they perfected it as a means of producing great revenue from vast crops of rice, corn, tobacco, and cotton, while dehumanizing all those under its whip.
Ball searches and finds the legacy of his family's past in the form of dozens of descendants of the slaves who worked and lived on the plantations once owned by his namesakes. Many of those whose past is forever connected to his are grateful to learn of their past, much of which had been a difficult and often tragic mystery. "
David Fletcher, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Kind Of History
History of a people?
Yes
Nationality?
- American--Black
Social history?
Yes
Kind of social history
- history of minorities
Subjects of this Historical Account
Ethnicity (if plays a major part)
- Black
Is the portrayal sympathetic?
- Sympathetic
Intelligence of subject of
history:
- Smart
Main Adversary
From a certain profession/group?
- slavers
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- throughout most of the book.
Nationality?
- American
Ethnicity? (if plays big part)
- White/European
Is the portrayal sympathetic?
- Neutral
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Southeast
Farm/Ranch:
- farm
- lots of descript of crop raising
Farms/Ranches?
Yes
If applicable, liberal/conservative?
- Historian is moderately liberal
Style
How much gore?
- 2 (a little)
How fast-paced is the book?
- 3 (some)
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Book makes you feel...
- challenged
How much focus on stories of individuals?
- Focuses on brief history of a lot of players
Sex in book?
Yes
Minor characters feature lots of:
- farmers
Pictures/Illustrations?
- A lot
Maps necessary?
- Necessary maps provided
Length of book
- 450 pages+
How much emphasis on small details?
- 8 (a significant amount)
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