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Tomlinson Hill: Sons Of Slaves, Sons Of Slaveholders (2014)

by Chris Tomlinson(Favorite Author)

3.69 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1250005477 (ISBN13: 9781250005472)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Thomas Dunne Books

review 1: In this book, Chris Tomlinson brings to light the fact that his ancestors were slave-owners in Texas. It is a family history but not just of his family but also of the families of the slaves his ancestors owned (which includes football great LaDainian Tomlinson). It is an honest family history that does not try to whitewash the sins of his ancestors. It is also brutally honest about what life was like for a slave in Texas before the Civil War and what it was like for them after they were freed. I found this book both interesting and disturbing.
review 2: A well-written history of a region of Texas from the antebellum period up to modern day, and how history's social, economic, and political twists and turns affected the black and white branches of the fami... morely differently. The most interesting parts were those gleaned from diaries, interviews, etc. with the actual family members, but I appreciated learning more about Texas history. In my love of all-things Southern US History, Texas was my biggest blank spot. less

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