Bibliograph

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

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

How the word is passed

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

1255713554

Responsibility statement

Clint Smith

Sub title

a reckoning with the history of slavery across America

Summary

'How the Word is Passed' is Clint Smith's revealing, contemporary portrait 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 nations collective history, and ourselves

Table Of 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:" Gor℗♭Ứe Island -- "I lived it:" epilogue -- About this project

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