The Realms of Oblivion , livre ebook

236

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English

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2024

Écrit par
Andrew C. Ross

Publié par
Vanderbilt University Press

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2024

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Publié par

Vanderbilt University Press

Date de parution

30 juillet 2024

Nombre de lectures

EAN13

9780826506825

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

31 Mo

The Realms of Oblivion explores the complexities involved in reconciling competing versions of history, channeled through Davies Manor, a historic site near Memphis that once centered a wealthy slave-owning family’s sprawling cotton plantation. Interrogating the forces of memorialization that often go unquestioned in the stories we believe about ourselves and our communities, this book simultaneously tells an informative and engrossing bottom-up history—of the Davies family, of the Black families they enslaved and exploited across generations, and of Memphis and Shelby County—while challenging readers to consider just what upholds the survival of that history into the present day.

Written in an engaging and critical style, The Realms of Oblivion is grounded in a rich source base, ranging from nineteenth-century legal records to the personal papers of the Davies family to twentieth-century African American oral histories. Author Andrew C. Ross uses these sources to unearth the stark contrast between the version of Davies Manor’s history that was built out of nostalgia, and the version that records have proven to actually be true. As a result, Ross illuminates the ongoing need for a deep and honest reckoning with the history of the South and of the United States, on the part of both individuals and community institutions such as local historic sites and small museums.
Preface
Introduction: Omitted in Mass

Part I: 1700–1842
1. The Southside
2. God, Grace and Child, and Wonder
3. Laborers in God’s Vineyard
4. A Mother and Grandmother of All the Others
5. Blood on the Fence, Blood on the Ground

Part II: 1843–1860
6. Garden Spot of the World
7. Storm Clouds
8. Morning Sun
9. The Time for Moderation Has Passed

Part III: 1861–1865
10. Goodbye Pa
11. Disposed of as Follows
12. His Erring Children
13. No-Man’s-Land
14. Honorable Mention
15. Oh for a Better State of Things!!!

Part IV: 1865–1893
16. There Is Danger of Much Trouble
17. A Relic of the Old Barbarism
18. A Terrible State of Frenzy
19. Yearning for the “Days of Yore”
20. A Promising and Pleasant Little Village

Epilogue: You Can’t Tell All the Good Parts Unless You Bring in Some of That Bad Part

Profiles of Enslaved People, 1773–1865
Davies Family Tree
Notes
Index

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Publié par

Vanderbilt University Press

Date de parution

30 juillet 2024

Nombre de lectures

EAN13

9780826506825

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

31 Mo