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How the word is passed : a reckoning with the history of slavery across America / Clint Smith.

By: Smith, Clint [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2021Edition: First editionDescription: xiii, 336 pages ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780316492935Subject(s): African Americans -- Social conditions -- History | Monuments -- United States | Racism -- United States -- History | Discrimination | Slavery -- United States -- History | Slaveholders -- United States -- History | Historic sites -- United States | Plantations -- United States | Ethnology -- Study and teaching | Minorities -- Study and teachingGenre/Form: Instructional and educational works. DDC classification: 973/.0496073 LOC classification: E185 | .S58123 2021
Contents:
"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.
Summary: Examines the legacy of slavery by highlighting the continued preservation of monuments and landmarks that hold violent and racist symbolism.
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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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