Slavery in the Age of Memory: Engaging the Past
Ana Lucia Araujo
Bloomsbury Publishing
How do demands to rename streets in England relate to protests to take down Confederate monuments in the Unites States? How do slave cemeteries in Brazil connect to initiatives to honor enslaved people in South Africa? Arguing that memory of slavery is racialized and gendered, this book shows how debates about slavery in the past are associated with the persistent racial inequalities, racism, and white supremacy that still shape societies where slavery existed.