The Mecklenburg Historical Association Docents invite visitors who are interested in learning about and sharing history to attend their next free program at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, April 5th, 2016 in the Fellowship Hall of Sugaw Creek Presbyterian Church, 101 West Sugar Creek Road, Charlotte, NC 28213. Ann Williams will present the program and lead a discussion about her recently published book, “The Uncommon Bond of Julia and Rose.” The program is free and open to the public.
The Uncommon Bond of Julia and Rose is a history-based novel about an unusually close relationship between a slave named Rose and Julia, her owner. It is told in their two voices by way of memory journals written in the spring and summer of 1860. The book consists of those interwoven journals recounting their fifty years of life together, written against a background of fears and rumors of impending war. Julia has no use for slavery and adores Rose. Rose returns her affection with reservations; she detests being property, but accepts that her life has been easier than most.
Ann Williams has researched and written about antebellum plantation life for many years, and has been an interpreter at Mecklenburgs historic plantation sites. She will lead the discussion by telling how the book came to be, and cite historic sources for some of its events. Then she will open the floor for discussion. There will be lots to talk about whether you’ve read the book or not. The complex and ever changing institution of slavery should supply much food for thought and discussion.
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