Standing soldiers, kneeling slaves, race, war, and monument in nineteenth-century America, Kirk Savage
Type
Label
Standing soldiers, kneeling slaves, race, war, and monument in nineteenth-century America, Kirk Savage
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-257) and index
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
Standing soldiers, kneeling slaves
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1028189324
Responsibility statement
Kirk Savage
Sub title
race, war, and monument in nineteenth-century America
Summary
The United States of America originated as a slave society, holding millions of Africans and their descendants in bondage, and remained so until a civil war took the lives of a half million soldiers, some once slaves themselves. Standing Soldiers, Kneeling Slaves explores how that history of slavery and its violent end was told in public space - specifically in the sculptural monuments that increasingly came to dominate streets, parks, and town squares in nineteenth-century America
Table of contents
Exposing slavery -- Imagining emancipation -- Freedom's memorial -- Slavery's memorial -- Common soldiers