TY - BOOK AU - Smith,Clint TI - How the word is passed: a reckoning with the history of slavery across America SN - 9780316492935 AV - E185 .S58123 2021 U1 - 973/.0496073 23 PY - 2021/// CY - New York PB - Little, Brown and Company KW - African Americans KW - Social conditions KW - History KW - Monuments KW - United States KW - Racism KW - Discrimination KW - Slavery KW - Slaveholders KW - Historic sites KW - Plantations KW - Ethnology KW - Study and teaching KW - Minorities KW - Instructional and educational works KW - lcgft N1 - 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 N2 - Examines the legacy of slavery by highlighting the continued preservation of monuments and landmarks that hold violent and racist symbolism ER -