Title: Into the briar patch
Description: "The author, troubled when she discovers that her white Southern ancestors owned many black slaves, sets out to search her family history ... Her expedition Into the briar patch uncovers the complex moral psychology of a family passing through five generations"--Page 4 of cover
Subjects: Slaveholders, History, Race relations, Genealogy
Places: South Carolina, Darlington County, Sumter County, Darlington County (S.C.), Sumter County (S.C.)
People: Mariann Sanders Regan (1942-), Kirven family