Ancestors of worthy life : plantation slavery and black heritage at Mount Clare / Teresa S. Moyer ; foreword by Paul A. Shackel.

America plantation sites are reluctant to show and interpret the homes and lives of the slaves that used to reside there in times of slavery. Mount Clare is one such site and Teresa Moyer examines the lives of its former slaves and the issues keeping these findings hidden. Raising questions about ho...

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Main Author: Moyer, Teresa S., 1976- (Author)
Other Authors: Shackel, Paul A. (writer of foreword.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2015]
Series:Cultural heritage studies.
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Summary:America plantation sites are reluctant to show and interpret the homes and lives of the slaves that used to reside there in times of slavery. Mount Clare is one such site and Teresa Moyer examines the lives of its former slaves and the issues keeping these findings hidden. Raising questions about how race continues to affect the decisions made at historic sites, Moyer discovers that slaves at Mount Clare adopted the ceremonies of their owners while still exercising their freedoms of family and homeland culture.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780813055121
0813055121
9780813050720
0813050723
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.