How does historian Tiya Miles combat the lack of written historical evidence to construct a story of Black women from the 1850s-1920s?

Topic: All That She Carried Essay

Use evidence from All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family’s Keepsake, and you may also use evidence from Through Women’s Eyes: An American History With Documents.

Historians of women, especially of enslaved women, have difficulty telling their story due to in large part to the fact that they lacked power in their society and were often not allowed to learn to read and write.

How does historian Tiya Miles combat the lack of written historical evidence to construct a story of Black women from the 1850s-1920s?