Sugar of the Crop: My Journey to Find the Children of Slaves

Sana Butler

In honor of Black History Month, the Center welcomes Newsweek’s Sana Butler for a conversation about her new book Sugar of the Crop, an account of her ten year odyssey to find and interview the last surviving children of American slaves. Butler will discuss how freed slaves raised their children in the years following the end of the Civil War.  She details a race against time to crisscross the country to reveal the hopes and dreams of the first generation of free African Americans.  She will discuss the immigrant mentality black parents carried after 1865 as they believed in the Constitution and the potential of a new America.

Annenberg Center for Education and Outreach
F.M. Kirby Auditorium
National Constitution Center
Independence Mall
525 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA

 This is a FREE event; but reservations are required. Please call 215.409.6700, or click here

Sugar of the Crop: My Journey to Find the Children of Slaves (Hardcover)

By Sana Butler

$24.95

ISBN-13: 9781599213750
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: The Lyons Press, 12/01/2008

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