Ancestors of Worthy Life : Plantation Slavery and Black Heritage at Mount Clare
Ancestors of Worthy Life : Plantation Slavery and Black Heritage at Mount Clare
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Author(s): Moyer, Teresa S.
ISBN No.: 9780813080277
Pages: 238
Year: 202307
Format: Trade Paper
Price: $ 37.19
Dispatch delay: Dispatched between 7 to 15 days
Status: Available

"TeresaMoyer's book serves as an important bridge between the work of history,archaeology and modern activism: it gives a structure of how to begin to changethe telling of the past."-- Anthropology Book Forum "Moyer'scase study of the historic house museum of Mount Clare plantation is a boldlyput, compelling call to action that embeds in its traditional siteinterpretation a more fully developed narrative of its black enslaved occupants.Her premise is that access to black heritage within the context of plantation lifeand its aftermath is a social right."-- Journal of American History "Inaddition to being a well-defined case study, this volume has wide implicationsfor the field of public history. Moyer does a fine job situating the history ofMount Clare within larger historical contexts, and, most importantly, shining alight on the social justice imperative of sharing more inclusive historicalnarratives."-- Public Historian "Thisvaluable book joins . other works calling for a more inclusive and justtackling of race at American historic sites."-- Journal of Southern History "Inthis well researched and pointedly critical book, Teresa S.


Moyer has broughtinto view a failure that affects many museums, particularly those of theSouthern United States, but also anywhere that slavery was part of America'seconomic base."-- Museum Anthropology Review "Amoving and meticulous black history at Mount Clare, and a thorough andconvincing analysis of the role of power in the production of history."-- AmericanAnthropologist.


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