Re: Slaves in the Family - john c ottinger
Subject: Re: Slaves in the Family
From: john c ottinger
Date: May 23, 1998

I'm starting to notice posts about this book on various lists as though
it were a genealogical chronicle with numerous surnames in it. I've read
it, and it isn't. It is basically an attempt by one man to come to terms
with the fact that his family owned and profited from slaves, and to
explore just what this meant. He tracks down and talks with descendants
of both his white ancestors and the slaves, and a few people that are
descendants of white-black unions. It is an honest and readable book,
and I would recommend it to anyone interested in this subject, and in
the early slave owning culture of the Charleston area. But, unless you
are related to the Ball family, don't expect to find a bunch of
connections in it.

John Ottinger

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