i look at the ways even after death enslaved people were comodified. two things that helped me push through the book and tt is a quote from elizabeth tech, the enslaved seamstress to martha jefferson and she said at the grave we should be permitted to lay burdens down and a new world of bright ness may open to us. the light should grow behind the dark mysterious powers of death. and then finally, i shared this when i was here a few weeks ago a slave wrote a poem on the jail cell wall to his wife after being separated. he said dear wife, they cannot sell the rows of love that in my boosem glows. remember as your tears flow, they cannot sell my mortal part. thank you. you can wach this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> professor kindy is joining us

i tracked the trade and look at the ways in which after death enslaved people were comodified. two one sentence quotes that helped me push through this book and one is from elizabeth techly, the enslaved seamstress to martha jefferson and when she talks about death: at the grave we should be permitted to lay our burden downs and a new world of brightness may open. the light denied here should grow into a flow beyond the dark mysterious shadows of death. and finally, i shared this when i was here a few weeks ago. a slave named mingo wrote a poem on the jail cell wall to his wife after they had been separated and he said to her, dear wife, they cannot sell the rows of love and remember as your tears may start they cannot sell a mortal part. thank you. >> here is a look at upcoming book fairs and vest festivals. this weekend, we are live at the university of arizona for the tucson festival of the book. march 25, we will be live at the virginia book festival. on april 8t, look for us at the annapolis book festival and the san antonio book festival. and two weeks later for the 19th