Moody, Jessica.
The Persistence of Memory : Remembering Slavery in Liverpool, 'slaving Capital of the World'. - 1 online resource (328 pages) - Liverpool Studies in International Slavery Ser. ; v.18 .
Cover -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction: Remembering Slavery in the 'slaving capital of the world' -- 1. From History to Memory: The Discursive Legacies of the Past -- 2. Black Liverpool: Living with the Legacy of the Past -- 3. Coinciding Anniversaries: Birthdays and the Abolition Act in 1907, 1957, and 2007 -- 4. The Memorial Cult of William Roscoe: Remembering Abolition -- 5. The Rise of the Museums -- 6. Performing Memory: Local Slavery Memory in a Globalizing World -- 7. Sites of Memory: Bodies and the Cityscape -- Conclusion: Untelling Difficult Pasts -- Bibliography -- Index.
The Persistence of Memory tells the history of the public memory of transatlantic slavery in the largest slave-trading port city in the world, from the end of the 18th century into the 21st century, revealing the persistence of slavery memory in Liverpool as an ongoing, contested debate.
9781789622577
Electronic books.
380.144094275
The Persistence of Memory : Remembering Slavery in Liverpool, 'slaving Capital of the World'. - 1 online resource (328 pages) - Liverpool Studies in International Slavery Ser. ; v.18 .
Cover -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction: Remembering Slavery in the 'slaving capital of the world' -- 1. From History to Memory: The Discursive Legacies of the Past -- 2. Black Liverpool: Living with the Legacy of the Past -- 3. Coinciding Anniversaries: Birthdays and the Abolition Act in 1907, 1957, and 2007 -- 4. The Memorial Cult of William Roscoe: Remembering Abolition -- 5. The Rise of the Museums -- 6. Performing Memory: Local Slavery Memory in a Globalizing World -- 7. Sites of Memory: Bodies and the Cityscape -- Conclusion: Untelling Difficult Pasts -- Bibliography -- Index.
The Persistence of Memory tells the history of the public memory of transatlantic slavery in the largest slave-trading port city in the world, from the end of the 18th century into the 21st century, revealing the persistence of slavery memory in Liverpool as an ongoing, contested debate.
9781789622577
Electronic books.
380.144094275
