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 (pages 451-480)

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

How the word is passed

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1242978997

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:" Gorée Island -- "I lived it:" epilogue -- About this project

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