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The American Daughters
The American Daughters
Author: Maurice Carlos Ruffin
Ady, a curious, sharp-witted girl, and her fierce mother, Sanite, are inseparable. Enslaved to a businessman in the French Quarter of New Orleans, the pair spend their days dreaming of a loving future and reminiscing about their family’s rebellious and storied history. When mother and daughter are separated, Ady is left hopeless and direct...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780593729397
ISBN-10: 0593729390
Publication Date: 3/5/2024
Pages: 304
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Publisher: One World
Book Type: Hardcover
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Based on a journal of an actual enslaved woman, Ady, and some conjecture this is an interesting look at life in New Orleans in the period leading up to the Civil War from their perspective.


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