{"product_id":"denmark-veseys-garden-slavery-and-memory-in-the-cradle-of-the-confederacy-9781620973653","title":"Denmark Veseys Garden: Slavery and Memory in the Cradle of the Confederacy","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of Janet Maslins Favorite Books of 2018  The New York Times  One of John Warners Favorite Books of 2018  Chicago Tribune  Named one of the Best Civil War Books of 2018 by the Civil War Monitor  A fascinating and important new historical study. Janet Maslin  The New York Times  A stunning contribution to the historiography of Civil War memory studies. Civil War Times  In the tradition of James Loewens Lies My Teacher Told Me  a deeply researched book that uncovers competing histories of how slavery is remembered in Charleston  South Carolinathe heart of Dixie A book that strikes at the heart of the recent flare-ups over Confederate symbols in Charlottesville  New Orleans  and elsewhere  Denmark Veseys Garden reveals the deep roots of these controversies and traces them to the heart of slavery in the United States: Charleston  South Carolina  where almost half of the U.S. slave population stepped onto our shores  where the first shot at Fort Sumter began the Civil War  and where Dylann Roof shot nine people at Emanuel A.M.E. Church  the congregation of Denmark Vesey  a black revolutionary who plotted a massive slave insurrection in 1822. As early as 1865  former slaveholders and their descendants began working to preserve a romanticized memory of the antebellum South. In contrast  former slaves  their descendants  and some white allies have worked to preserve an honest  unvarnished account of slavery as the cruel system it was. Examining public rituals  controversial monuments  and whitewashed historical tourism  Denmark Veseys Garden tracks these two rival memories from the Civil War all the way to contemporary times  where two segregated tourism industries still reflect these opposing impressions of the past  exposing a hidden dimension of Americas deep racial divide. Denmark Veseys Garden joins the small bookshelf of major  paradigm-shifting new interpretations of slaverys enduring legacy in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45646645985333,"sku":"ByrdShop_1620973650","price":25.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781620973653.jpg?v=1781676688","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/denmark-veseys-garden-slavery-and-memory-in-the-cradle-of-the-confederacy-9781620973653","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}