Sleeping with the ancestors how I followed the footprints of slavery
In this enlightening personal account, one man tells the story of his groundbreaking project to sleep overnight in former slave dwellings that still stand across the country--revealing the fascinating history behind these sites and shedding light on larger issues of race in America. Joseph McGill Jr...
| Main Authors: | McGill, Joseph, Jr. (Author), Frazier, Herb, 1950- (Author, author of foreword.) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Hachette Books,
2023.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword by Herb Frazier
- Introduction
- Dusting off an old idea
- Embarking on a yearlong project
- Honoring the ancestors
- A homecoming
- A chapel for the enslaved
- Another state
- Expanding my horizon
- What history tells us
- Higher learning
- Presidential slaveholders
- Living history in our federal, state, and county parks
- Above the Mason-Dixon line
- Resistance
- Garden clubs
- Family reunions
- Impressions of the enslaved
- Conclusion.