Slavery and Public History: The Tough Stuff of American Memory

by Lois E. Horton and James Oliver Horton

Book Overview

America's slave past is being analyzed as never before, yet it remains one of the most contentious issues in U.S. memory. In recent years, the culture wars over the way that slavery is remembered and taught have reached a new crescendo. From the argument about the display of the Confederate flag over the state house in Columbia, South Carolina, to the dispute over Thomas Jefferson's relationship with his slave Sally Hemings and the ongoing debates...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807859168
• ISBN13: 9780807859162
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"