![]() ![]() There’s irony in the story of slavery at Monticello, where Thomas Jefferson wrote at length about liberty while he kept slaves. That’s just one place that Smith visited, in an effort to offer readers a wide-reaching look at how slavery sits within our collective story, in places that history books don’t always mention. ![]() ![]() The city of New Orleans had a big hand in slaveowners’ acquisition, and when Smith traveled there, he found that the city is working on a reckoning with its past. Of course, that never stopped the import of human beings, but it did change the way that slaves were acquired. When the subject of slavery comes up, it’s often rarely mentioned that transatlantic slavery was outlawed nearly six decades before the end of the Civil War. Our House First Time Home Buyer’s Series.BOOK REVIEWS: 'How the Word is Passed' by Clint Smith and 'Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artist's Memoir of the Jim Crow South' by Winfred Rembert - The Washington Informer Close ![]()
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