ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVOURITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR A NUMBER ONE NEW
YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR
NON-FICTION 'A beautifully readable reminder of how much of our
urgent, collective history resounds in places all around us that
have been hidden in plain sight.' Afua Hirsch, author of Brit(ish)
Beginning in his hometown of New Orleans, Clint Smith leads the
reader on an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks - those
that are honest about the past and those that are not - which offer
an intergenerational story of how slavery has been central in
shaping a nation's collective history, and our own. It is the story
of the Monticello Plantation in Virginia, the estate where Thomas
Jefferson wrote letters espousing the urgent need for liberty while
enslaving more than four hundred people. It is the story of the
Whitney Plantation, one of the only former plantations devoted to
preserving the experience of the enslaved people whose lives and
work sustained it. It is the story of Angola, a former
plantation-turned-maximum-security prison in Louisiana that is
filled with Black men who work across the 18,000-acre land for
virtually no pay. And it is the story of Blandford Cemetery, the
final resting place of tens of thousands of Confederate soldiers. A
deeply researched and transporting exploration of the legacy of
slavery and its imprint on centuries of American history, How the
Word Is Passed illustrates how some of our most essential stories
are hidden in plain view - whether in places we might drive by on
our way to work, holidays such as Juneteenth or entire
neighbourhoods like downtown Manhattan, where the brutal history of
the trade in enslaved men, women and children has been deeply
imprinted. How the Word is Passed is a landmark book that offers a
new understanding of the hopeful role that memory and history can
play in making sense of the United States. Chosen as a book of the
year by President Barack Obama, The Economist, Time, the New York
Times and more, fans of Brit(ish) and Natives will be utterly
captivated. What readers are saying about How the Word is Passed:
'How the Word Is Passed frees history, frees humanity to reckon
honestly with the legacy of slavery. We need this book.' Ibram X.
Kendi, Number One New York Times bestselling author 'An
extraordinary contribution to the way we understand ourselves.'
Julian Lucas, New York Times Book Review 'The detail and depth of
the storytelling is vivid and visceral, making history present and
real.' Hope Wabuke, NPR 'This isn't just a work of history, it's an
intimate, active exploration of how we're still constructing and
distorting our history." Ron Charles, The Washington Post 'In
re-examining neighbourhoods, holidays and quotidian sites, Smith
forces us to reconsider what we think we know about American
history.' Time 'A history of slavery in this country unlike
anything you've read before.' Entertainment Weekly 'A beautifully
written, evocative, and timely meditation on the way slavery is
commemorated in the United States.' Annette Gordon-Reed, Pulitzer
Prize-winning author
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