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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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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."--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xiii, 336 pages
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
Isbn
9780316492935
Instance
Label
How the word is passed : a reckoning with the history of slavery across America
Title
How the word is passed
Title remainder
a reckoning with the history of slavery across America
Statement of responsibility
Clint Smith
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
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."--
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Provided by publisher
Cataloging source
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Smith, Clint
Dewey number
  • 306.3/620973
  • 973/.0496073
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Slavery
  • Slaveholders
  • African Americans
  • Historic sites
  • Plantations
  • Racism
  • Discrimination
  • Ethnology
  • Minorities
  • African Americans
Label
How the word is passed : a reckoning with the history of slavery across America, Clint Smith
Instantiates
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
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
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
Control code
on1199125571
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xiii, 336 pages
Isbn
9780316492935
Lccn
2020949144
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
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
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
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
Control code
on1199125571
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xiii, 336 pages
Isbn
9780316492935
Lccn
2020949144
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)1199125571

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