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Slavery's descendants : shared legacies of race and reconciliation /

Slavery's Descendants brings together twenty-five contributors from a variety of racial backgrounds, to tell their personal stories of exhuming and exorcising America's racist past. Together, they help us confront the legacy of slavery and reclaim a more complete picture of American histor...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Ford, Dionne, 1969- (Editor), Strauss, Jill, 1965- (Editor), Truscott, Lucian K., 1947- (author of foreword.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
African Americans > Race identity.
Slavery > United States > Psychological aspects.
Racism > United States > History.
United States > Race relations.
Slaves > United States > Social conditions.
Slaveholders > United States > History.
African American families.
African Americans > Biography.
Whites > United States > Biography.
Reconciliation > Social aspects > United States.
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Summary:Slavery's Descendants brings together twenty-five contributors from a variety of racial backgrounds, to tell their personal stories of exhuming and exorcising America's racist past. Together, they help us confront the legacy of slavery and reclaim a more complete picture of American history, one cousin at a time.
Physical Description:xv, 262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781978800762
1978800762