Enslaved kin preserved memories and stories as an act of resistance

Evidence

It was an act of both love and resistance that Renty and Delia’s kin kept their memories and stories alive for well over a century. — Tamara Lanier, From These Roots, 803

Categorization

• XREF: Connect to the reading purpose’s core frame: family memory is the counterweight to archives built to erase kinship — resonates with A Midwife’s Tale’s reconstruction against a different archival silence.