The Resource Slavery in the North : forgetting history and recovering memory, Marc Howard Ross
Slavery in the North : forgetting history and recovering memory, Marc Howard Ross
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- Summary
- "In 2002, we learned that President George Washington had eight (and, later, nine) enslaved Africans in his house while he lived in Philadelphia from 1790 to 1797. The house was only one block from Independence Hall and, though torn down in 1832, it housed the enslaved men and women Washington brought to the city as well as serving as the country's first executive office building. Intense controversy erupted over what this newly resurfaced evidence of enslaved people in Philadelphia meant for the site that was next door to the new home for the Liberty Bell. How could slavery best be remembered and memorialized in the birthplace of American freedom? For Marc Howard Ross, this conflict raised a related and troubling question: why and how did slavery in the North fade from public consciousness to such a degree that most Americans have perceived it entirely as a "Southern problem"? Although slavery was institutionalized throughout the Northern as well as the Southern colonies and early states, the existence of slavery in the North and its significance for the region's economic development has rarely received public recognition. In Slavery in the North, Ross not only asks why enslavement disappeared from the North's collective memories but also how the dramatic recovery of these memories in recent decades should be understood. Ross undertakes an exploration of the history of Northern slavery, visiting sites such as the African Burial Ground in New York, Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, the ports of Rhode Island, old mansions in Massachusetts, prestigious universities, and rediscovered burying grounds. Inviting the reader to accompany him on his own journey of discovery, Ross recounts the processes by which Northerners had collectively forgotten 250 years of human bondage and the recent--and continuing--struggles over recovering, and commemorating, what it entailed."
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiv, 304 pages
- Contents
-
- Preface
- Introduction
- Collective Memory
- Surveying Enslavement in the North
- Slavery and Collective Forgetting
- Enslaved Africans in the President's House
- Memorializing the Enslaved on Independence Mall
- The Bench by the Side of the Road
- Burial Grounds as Sites of Memory Recovery
- Overcoming Collective Forgetting
- Epilogue
- Isbn
- 9780812250381
- Label
- Slavery in the North : forgetting history and recovering memory
- Title
- Slavery in the North
- Title remainder
- forgetting history and recovering memory
- Statement of responsibility
- Marc Howard Ross
- Subject
-
- Collective memory -- United States
- Historic sites -- Political aspects -- Northeastern States
- History
- History
- Northeastern States
- Northeastern States
- Public history
- Public history
- Public history -- United States
- Sklaverei
- Sklaverei
- Collective memory
- Slavery
- Slavery -- Historiography
- Slavery -- Historiography
- Slavery -- Northeastern States -- Historiography
- Slavery -- Northeastern States -- History
- USA -- Nordstaaten
- USA -- Nordstaaten
- United States
- United States
- Slavery
- Collective memory
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In 2002, we learned that President George Washington had eight (and, later, nine) enslaved Africans in his house while he lived in Philadelphia from 1790 to 1797. The house was only one block from Independence Hall and, though torn down in 1832, it housed the enslaved men and women Washington brought to the city as well as serving as the country's first executive office building. Intense controversy erupted over what this newly resurfaced evidence of enslaved people in Philadelphia meant for the site that was next door to the new home for the Liberty Bell. How could slavery best be remembered and memorialized in the birthplace of American freedom? For Marc Howard Ross, this conflict raised a related and troubling question: why and how did slavery in the North fade from public consciousness to such a degree that most Americans have perceived it entirely as a "Southern problem"? Although slavery was institutionalized throughout the Northern as well as the Southern colonies and early states, the existence of slavery in the North and its significance for the region's economic development has rarely received public recognition. In Slavery in the North, Ross not only asks why enslavement disappeared from the North's collective memories but also how the dramatic recovery of these memories in recent decades should be understood. Ross undertakes an exploration of the history of Northern slavery, visiting sites such as the African Burial Ground in New York, Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, the ports of Rhode Island, old mansions in Massachusetts, prestigious universities, and rediscovered burying grounds. Inviting the reader to accompany him on his own journey of discovery, Ross recounts the processes by which Northerners had collectively forgotten 250 years of human bondage and the recent--and continuing--struggles over recovering, and commemorating, what it entailed."
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- provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- PU/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ross, Marc Howard
- Dewey number
- 306.3/620974
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E441
- LC item number
- .R797 2018
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Slavery
- Slavery
- Collective memory
- Public history
- Historic sites
- Collective memory
- Public history
- Slavery
- Slavery
- Northeastern States
- United States
- Sklaverei
- USA
- Label
- Slavery in the North : forgetting history and recovering memory, Marc Howard Ross
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-288) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Preface -- Introduction -- Collective Memory -- Surveying Enslavement in the North -- Slavery and Collective Forgetting -- Enslaved Africans in the President's House -- Memorializing the Enslaved on Independence Mall -- The Bench by the Side of the Road -- Burial Grounds as Sites of Memory Recovery -- Overcoming Collective Forgetting -- Epilogue
- Control code
- 1031423010
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xiv, 304 pages
- Isbn
- 9780812250381
- Lccn
- 2018016677
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 40028552943
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1031423010
- Label
- Slavery in the North : forgetting history and recovering memory, Marc Howard Ross
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-288) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Preface -- Introduction -- Collective Memory -- Surveying Enslavement in the North -- Slavery and Collective Forgetting -- Enslaved Africans in the President's House -- Memorializing the Enslaved on Independence Mall -- The Bench by the Side of the Road -- Burial Grounds as Sites of Memory Recovery -- Overcoming Collective Forgetting -- Epilogue
- Control code
- 1031423010
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xiv, 304 pages
- Isbn
- 9780812250381
- Lccn
- 2018016677
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 40028552943
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1031423010
Subject
- Collective memory -- United States
- Historic sites -- Political aspects -- Northeastern States
- History
- History
- Northeastern States
- Northeastern States
- Public history
- Public history
- Public history -- United States
- Sklaverei
- Sklaverei
- Collective memory
- Slavery
- Slavery -- Historiography
- Slavery -- Historiography
- Slavery -- Northeastern States -- Historiography
- Slavery -- Northeastern States -- History
- USA -- Nordstaaten
- USA -- Nordstaaten
- United States
- United States
- Slavery
- Collective memory
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