Deed of Gift (English Edition) [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

These poems are historical, telling the stories of how White Americans and African Americans have lived together. The earliest poem tells of a death on a rice plantation in Georgia. A major section of the book revolves around the gift of four African American slaves in 1769 as a wedding gift, beginning with the cold legal wording of the Deed of Gift. The last poem tells of an encounter that the writer and his African American great grandson had in Gloucester County in 2012. The poems are short, but the story comes through.