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.
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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.