{"product_id":"9780349701172","title":"How the Word Is Passed : A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America – Smith Clint (2021)","description":"\u003cp\u003eBeginning in his hometown of New Orleans, Clint Smith takes readers on an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks, some honest about the past and others less so, tracing an intergenerational story of how slavery has shaped America’s collective history. He visits Monticello Plantation in Virginia, where Thomas Jefferson wrote about the urgent need for liberty while enslaving more than four hundred people; Whitney Plantation, one of the few former plantations devoted to preserving the experiences of the enslaved people whose lives and work sustained it; Angola, a former plantation turned maximum-security prison in Louisiana, where Black men work across 18,000 acres for virtually no pay; and Blandford Cemetery, the final resting place of tens of thousands of Confederate soldiers. This deeply researched exploration of slavery’s legacy and its imprint on centuries of American history shows how essential stories remain hidden in plain sight, from places we pass on the way to work to Juneteenth and neighbourhoods such as downtown Manhattan, where the brutal history of the trade in enslaved men, women and children is deeply imprinted. Longlisted for the National Book Award for Non-Fiction and a number-one New York Times bestseller, it offers a new understanding of the role memory and history can play in making sense of the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54024819245403,"sku":"9780349701172","price":49.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1787\/2513\/files\/0535949.jpg?v=1789061096","url":"https:\/\/czechmovie.com\/products\/9780349701172","provider":"czechmovie","version":"1.0","type":"link"}