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The Resource How the word is passed : a reckoning with the history of slavery across America, Clint Smith

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

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  • "'This book is Clint Smith's contemporary portrait of the United States of America as a slave-owning nation. Beginning in his own hometown of New Orleans, Smith leads the reader through an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks, those that are honest about the past and those that are not, that offer an intergenerational story of how slavery has been central in shaping our nation's collective history, and ourselves" --
  • Beginning in his hometown of New Orleans, Clint Smith leads the reader on an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks--those that are honest abou tthe past and those that are not--that offer an intergenerational story of how slavery has been central in shaping our nation's collective history and memory. It is the story of the Monticello plantation in Virginia, the estate where Thomas Jefferson wrote letters espousing the urgent need for liberty while enslaving more than four hundred people. It is the story of the Whitney Plantation, one of the only former plantations devoted to preserving the experience of the enslaved people whose lives and work sustained it. It is the story of Angola, a former-plantation-turned-maximum-security-prison in Louisiana that is filled with Black men who work across the 18,000-acre land for virtually no pay. And it is the story of Blandford Cemetery, the final resting place of tens of thousands of Confederate soldiers. A deeply researched and transporting exploration of the legacy of slavery and its imprint on centuries of American history, How the Word is Passed illustrates how some of our country's most essential stories are hidden in plain view--whether in places we might drive by on our way to work, holidays such as Juneteenth, or entire neighborhoods in downtown Manhattan, where the brutal history of the trade in enslaved men, women, and children has been deeply inprinted. Informed by scholarship and brought to life by the stories of people living today, Smith's debut work of nonfiction is a landmark of reflection and ingiht that offers a new undersatnding of the hopeful role that memory and history can play in making sense of our country and how it has come to be. --
Language
eng
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Edition
First edition.
Extent
xiii, 336 pages
Contents
  • "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
  • "The whole city is a memorial to slavery" :
  • About this project
  • 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
Isbn
9780316269476
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How the word is passed : a reckoning with the history of slavery across America
Title
How the word is passed
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a reckoning with the history of slavery across America
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Clint Smith
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Reckoning with the history of slavery across America
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Language
eng
Summary
  • "'This book is Clint Smith's contemporary portrait of the United States of America as a slave-owning nation. Beginning in his own hometown of New Orleans, Smith leads the reader through an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks, those that are honest about the past and those that are not, that offer an intergenerational story of how slavery has been central in shaping our nation's collective history, and ourselves" --
  • Beginning in his hometown of New Orleans, Clint Smith leads the reader on an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks--those that are honest abou tthe past and those that are not--that offer an intergenerational story of how slavery has been central in shaping our nation's collective history and memory. It is the story of the Monticello plantation in Virginia, the estate where Thomas Jefferson wrote letters espousing the urgent need for liberty while enslaving more than four hundred people. It is the story of the Whitney Plantation, one of the only former plantations devoted to preserving the experience of the enslaved people whose lives and work sustained it. It is the story of Angola, a former-plantation-turned-maximum-security-prison in Louisiana that is filled with Black men who work across the 18,000-acre land for virtually no pay. And it is the story of Blandford Cemetery, the final resting place of tens of thousands of Confederate soldiers. A deeply researched and transporting exploration of the legacy of slavery and its imprint on centuries of American history, How the Word is Passed illustrates how some of our country's most essential stories are hidden in plain view--whether in places we might drive by on our way to work, holidays such as Juneteenth, or entire neighborhoods in downtown Manhattan, where the brutal history of the trade in enslaved men, women, and children has been deeply inprinted. Informed by scholarship and brought to life by the stories of people living today, Smith's debut work of nonfiction is a landmark of reflection and ingiht that offers a new undersatnding of the hopeful role that memory and history can play in making sense of our country and how it has come to be. --
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1988-
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Smith, Clint
Index
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non fiction
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  • Smith, Clint
  • Slavery
  • Slaveholders
  • African Americans
  • Racism
  • Historic sites
  • Plantations
  • Southern States
  • Southern States
  • United States
  • African Americans
  • Esclavage
  • Propriétaires d'esclaves
  • Noirs américains
  • Lieux historiques
  • Plantations
  • États-Unis (Sud)
  • États-Unis (Sud)
  • Racisme
  • États-Unis
  • HISTORY
  • HISTORY
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE
  • African Americans
  • African Americans
  • African Americans
  • Discrimination
  • Ethnology
  • Historic sites
  • History
  • Minorities
  • Plantations
  • Racism
  • Slaveholders
  • Slavery
  • United States
  • Slavery
  • Slaveholders
  • African Americans
  • Racism
  • Historic sites
  • Plantations
  • Southern States
  • Southern States
  • United States
  • African Americans
  • African Americans
  • Racism
  • Discrimination
  • Slavery
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How the word is passed : a reckoning with the history of slavery across America, Clint Smith
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Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-320) and index
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volume
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • "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
  • "The whole city is a memorial to slavery" :
  • About this project
  • 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
Control code
1199125571
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xiii, 336 pages
Isbn
9780316269476
Lccn
2020949144
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650, 651
System control number
(OCoLC)1199125571
Label
How the word is passed : a reckoning with the history of slavery across America, Clint Smith
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-320) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • "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
  • "The whole city is a memorial to slavery" :
  • About this project
  • 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
Control code
1199125571
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xiii, 336 pages
Isbn
9780316269476
Lccn
2020949144
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650, 651
System control number
(OCoLC)1199125571

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