According to an Akan proverb, “It is not wrong to go back for
that which you have forgotten.” This belief underlies historian
Amy Tanner Thiriot’s work in Slavery in Zion, which combines
genealogical and historical research to bring to light events and
relationships unknown or misunderstood for well over a century. The
total number of enslaved people in Utah’s early history has
remained an open question for many years, due in part to the nature
of nineteenth-century records, and an exact number is undetermined.
But while writing this book Thiriot documented around one hundred
enslaved or indentured Black men, women, and children in Utah
Territory. Slavery in Zion has two major parts. The first
section provides an introductory history, chapters on southern and
western experiences, and information on life after emancipation.
The second section is a biographical encyclopedia of names,
relationships, and events. Although Slavery in Zion contains
material applicable to legal history and the history of race and
Mormonism, its most important contribution is as an archive of the
experiences of Utah’s enslaved Black people, at last making their
stories an integral part of the record of Utah and the American
West—no longer forgotten or written out of history.
General
| Imprint: |
University of Utah Press,U.S.
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
2023 |
| Authors: |
Amy Tanner Thiriot
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| Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
384 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-64769-084-7 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-64769-084-6 |
| Barcode: |
9781647690847 |
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