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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787210303321

Autore

Moyer Teresa S. <1976->

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Gainesville, Florida : , : University Press of Florida, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-8130-5072-3

0-8130-5512-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (238 p.)

Collana

Cultural Heritage Studies

Disciplina

306.3/62097526

Soggetti

Slavery - Maryland - Baltimore - History

Historic buildings - Maryland - Baltimore

African Americans - Maryland - Baltimore - History

Enslaved persons - Dwellings - Maryland - Baltimore - History

Baltimore (Md.) Buildings, structures, etc

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Slavery and iron at Georgia -- The creation of Mount Clare -- Slavery and revolution -- White widowhood -- Manumission and freedom -- A broader history -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

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.