Smith, Clint,

How the word is passed : a reckoning with the history of slavery across America / Clint Smith. - First edition. - xiii, 336 pages ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-320) and index.

"The whole city is a memorial to slavery :" prologue -- "There's a difference between history and nostalgia :" Monticello Plantation -- "An open book, up under the sky :" The Whitney Plantation -- "I can't change what happened here :" Angola Prison -- "I don't know if it's true or not, but I like it :" Blandford Cemetery -- "Our Independence Day :" Galveston Island -- "We were the good guys, right? :" New York City -- "One slave is too much :" Gorée Island -- "I lived it :" epilogue -- About this project.

Examines the legacy of slavery by highlighting the continued preservation of monuments and landmarks that hold violent and racist symbolism.

9780316492935

2020949144


African Americans--Social conditions--History.
Monuments--United States.
Racism--History.--United States
Discrimination.
Slavery--History.--United States
Slaveholders--History.--United States
Historic sites--United States.
Plantations--United States.
Ethnology--Study and teaching.
Minorities--Study and teaching.


Instructional and educational works.

E185 / .S58123 2021

973/.0496073

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