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Edward Ball: Slaves in the Family
Author: PBS NewsHour
Narrator: PBS NewsHour
Unabridged: 9 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: NewsHour Productions
Published: 11/24/1998
Category: Language Arts & Disciplines - Journalism
Synopsis
The 1998 National Book Award winner in the nonfiction category was Edward Ball for his book, Slaves in the Family. It's about the lives of his slave-owning ancestors on their rice plantations near Charleston, South Carolina. The book also tells the story of some of the thousands of slaves the Ball family once owned.