Labor of Memory.

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  • Author(s): Miller, Jenise
  • Source:
    Kenyon Review. 2023 Special Issue, Vol. 45, p107-113. 7p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      FAMILY history (Genealogy); LABOR; EMPLOYMENT of Black people; PANAMA Canal (Panama); PANAMA Canal Co.; GENEALOGY
    • Abstract:
      The author describes her efforts to search for her family history that appears to have been defined by labor. She describes her Black West Indian great-grandparents' move across the Caribbean Sea to work for the U.S.-owned Panama Canal Co., as well as her paternal grandfather's work as an employee of the company and stories of his heroics. She discusses the impact of her discoveries on her perception of the role of Black workers in the existence of the Panama Canal.