There are, after all, between seventy-five thousand and a hundred thousand descendants of the Ball-family slaves. If I were to begin apologizing to every one of these families, it would quickly become a meaningless act. — Edward Ball Copy Share Image
All of us in the Ball family in South Carolina, from the time we're children, hear stories about our ancestors, the slave owners. — Edward Ball Copy Share Image
It's not a common thing for a Southern white family to go out and seek their black cousins. — Edward Ball Copy Share Image
There are, after all, between seventy-five thousand and a hundred thousand descendants of the Ball-family slaves. If I were to begin apologizing to every… — Edward Ball Copy Share Image
There was a uniqueness to the American case of slavery. 10 million people, a conservative estimate, were brought to America... hundreds of people were… — Edward Ball Copy Share Image
Before the American Revolution there were frequent slave uprisings, and a lot of people would run away. — Edward Ball Copy Share Image
If you read the memoirs of slave-owning families, you'd be hard pressed to find evidence of black people in the lives of the whites,… — Edward Ball Copy Share Image
The topic of slavery is like an electric fence. Touch it and people will react. — Edward Ball Copy Share Image
Slavery in West Africa, and in Rome and in the Mediterranean, was something different than slavery in America. — Edward Ball Copy Share Image
