How the word is passed : a reckoning with the history of slavery across America / Clint Smith.
| Author/creator | Smith, Clint author. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication | New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2021. |
| Description | xiii, 336 pages ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Reckoning with the history of slavery across America |
| 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. |
| Abstract | "'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 nation's collective history, and ourselves."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-320) and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Smith, Clint. How the word is passed. First edition. New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2021 9780316628587 |
| Genre/form | History / African American. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| Genre/form | Instructional and educational works. |
| LCCN | 2020949144 |
| ISBN | 0316492930 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 9780316492935 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 0316269476 |
| ISBN | 9780316269476 |
| ISBN | (large print) |
| ISBN | (large print) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | Ask at Circulation Desk | E441 .S654 2021 | ✔ Available | Want This? |