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Format: 1 online resource (xv, 262 pages) : , illustrations

ISBN: 1-9788-0080-0

Content: Race remains a potent and divisive force in our society. Whether it is the shooting of minority people by the police, the mass incarceration of people of color, or the recent KKK rallies that have been in the news, it is clear that the scars from the United States' histories of slavery and racial discrimination run too deep to simply be ignored. But what are the most productive ways to deal with the toxic and torturous legacies of American racism? Slavery's Descendants brings together contributors from a variety of racial backgrounds, all members or associates of a national racial reconciliation organization called Coming to the Table, to tell their stories of dealing with America's racial past through their experiences and their family histories. Some are descendants of slaveholders, some are descendants of the enslaved, and many are descendants of both slaveholders and slaves. What they all have in common is a commitment toward collective introspection, and a willingness to think critically about how the nation's histories of oppression continue to ripple into the present, affecting us all. The stories in Slavery's Descendants deal with harrowing topics-rape, lynching, cruelty, shame-but they also describe acts of generosity, gratitude, and love. Together, they help us confront the legacy of slavery to reclaim a more complete picture of U.S. history, one cousin at a time.

Note: President in the family / by Shannon Lanier -- So many names / by A.B. Westrick -- The will, the woman, and the archive / by Catherine Sasanov -- Overcoming amnesia: how I learned the forgotten history of two families -- Linked by slavery / by Bill Sizemore -- Oregon's slave history / by R. Gregory Nokes -- Seed of the fancy maid / by Rodney Williams -- State line / by Antoinette Broussard -- The plantation cake / by Leslie Stainton -- Am I black / by Eileen Jackson -- The immeasurable distance between us / by Thomas Norman DeWolf -- Making connections / by Karen Branan -- A millennial facing the legacies of slavery / by Fabrice Guerrier -- Standing on the shoulders of my ancestors / by Tammarrah Lee -- So close and so far away / by Elisa D. Pearmain -- Born both innocent and accountable: a moral reckoning / by Debian Marty -- The Terretts of Oakland Plantation: an essay of atonement / by David Terrett Beumée -- Not a wound too deep / by Karen Stewart-Ross -- To see / by Sara Jenkins -- Digging up the woodpile / by Sharon Leslie Morgan -- On being involved / by Stephanie Harp -- Changing the narrative / by Joseph McGill -- Tangled vines: a bloodline shaped by slavery / by Grant Hayter-Menzies -- A dream deferred along Holman's Creek / by Sarah Kohrs -- The tale of two sisters / by Betty Kilby Baldwin and Phoebe Kilby. , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.36019/9781978800809

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Format: 1 online resource : , 13 B-W photographs

ISBN: 9781978800809

Content: Race remains a potent and divisive force in our society. Whether it is the shooting of minority people by the police, the mass incarceration of people of color, or the recent KKK rallies that have been in the news, it is clear that the scars from the United States’ histories of slavery and racial discrimination run too deep to simply be ignored. But what are the most productive ways to deal with the toxic and torturous legacies of American racism? Slavery’s Descendants brings together contributors from a variety of racial backgrounds, all members or associates of a national racial reconciliation organization called Coming to the Table, to tell their stories of dealing with America’s racial past through their experiences and their family histories. Some are descendants of slaveholders, some are descendants of the enslaved, and many are descendants of both slaveholders and slaves. What they all have in common is a commitment toward collective introspection, and a willingness to think critically about how the nation’s histories of oppression continue to ripple into the present, affecting us all. The stories in Slavery’s Descendants deal with harrowing topics—rape, lynching, cruelty, shame—but they also describe acts of generosity, gratitude, and love. Together, they help us confront the legacy of slavery to reclaim a more complete picture of U.S. history, one cousin at a time.

Note: Frontmatter -- , CONTENTS -- , FOREWORD. Coming to the Table / , INTRODUCTION / , Part I. UNCOVERING HISTORY -- , 1. PRESIDENT IN THE FAMILY / , 2. SO MANY NAMES / , 3. THE WILL, THE WOMAN, AND THE ARCHIVE / , 4. OVERCOMING AMNESIA / , 5. OREGON’S SLAVE HISTORY / , 6. SEED OF THE FANCY MAID / , Part II. MAKING CONNECTIONS -- , 7. STATE LINE / , 8. THE PLANTATION CAKE / , 9. AM I BLACK? / , 10. THE IMMEASURABLE DISTANCE BETWEEN US / , 11. MAKING CONNECTIONS / , 12. A MILLENNIAL FACING THE LEGACIES OF SLAVERY / , Part III. WORKING TOWARD HEALING -- , 13. STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS OF MY ANCESTORS / , 14. SO CLOSE AND SO FAR AWAY / , 15. BORN BOTH INNOCENT AND ACCOUNTABLE / , 16. THE TERRETTS OF OAKLAND PLANTATION / , 17. NOT A WOUND TOO DEEP / , 18. TO SEE / , Part IV. TAKING ACTION -- , 19. DIGGING UP THE WOODPILE / , 20. ON BEING INVOLVED / , 21. CHANGING THE NARRATIVE / , 22. TANGLED VINES / , 23. A DREAM DEFERRED ALONG HOLMAN’S CREEK / , 24. A TALE OF TWO SISTERS / , AFTERWORD / , POSTSCRIPT / , ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- , BIBLIOGRAPHY -- , NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS -- , INDEX , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.36019/9781978800809

URL: https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781978800809