{"product_id":"denmark-veseys-garden-9781620973660","title":"Denmark Vesey’s Garden","description":"\u003cb\u003eOne of Janet Maslin’s Favorite Books of 2018, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of John Warner’s Favorite Books of 2018, \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNamed one of the “Best Civil War Books of 2018” by the \u003ci\u003eCivil War Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A fascinating and important new historical study.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cstrong\u003eJanet Maslin, \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A stunning contribution to the historiography of Civil War memory studies.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCivil War Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The stunning, groundbreaking account of \"the ways in which our nation has tried to come to grips with its original sin\" (\u003cem\u003eProvidence Journal\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eHailed by the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e as a \"fascinating and important new historical study that examines . . . the place where the ways slavery is remembered mattered most,\" \u003cem\u003eDenmark Vesey's Garden\u003c\/em\u003e \"maps competing memories of slavery from abolition to the very recent struggle to rename or remove Confederate symbols across the country\" (\u003cem\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/em\u003e). This timely book reveals the deep roots of present-day controversies and traces them to the capital of slavery in the United States: Charleston, South Carolina, where almost half of the slaves brought to the United States stepped onto our shores, where the first shot at Fort Sumter began the Civil War, and where Dylann Roof murdered nine people at Emanuel A.M.E. Church, which was co-founded by Denmark Vesey, a black revolutionary who plotted a massive slave insurrection in 1822.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs they examine public rituals, controversial monuments, and competing musical traditions, \"Kytle and Roberts's combination of encyclopedic knowledge of Charleston's history and empathy with its inhabitants' past and present struggles make them ideal guides to this troubled history\" (\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e, starred review). A work the \u003cem\u003eCivil War Times\u003c\/em\u003e called \"a stunning contribution, \" \u003cem\u003eDenmark Vesey's Garden\u003c\/em\u003e exposes a hidden dimension of America's deep racial divide, joining the small bookshelf of major, paradigm-shifting interpretations of slavery's enduring legacy in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ethan J. Kytle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48284390981883,"sku":"9781620973660","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781620973660.jpg?v=1772485492","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/denmark-veseys-garden-9781620973660","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}