Interpreting Slavery at Museums and Historic Sites [Hardcover]

Interpreting Slavery at Museums and Historic Sites is a comprehensive how to manual. It can be extremely useful to any historical or cultural institution serious about improving its ability to present the topic of slavery in ways that acknowledge its foundational significance in the evolution of our nation.Interpreting Slavery at Museums and Historic Sites provides museum professionals with a roadmap to help them engage the topic with greater confidence and vision. It is thoughtful and comprehensive.? Well worth the read.This book moves the field forward in its collective conversation about the interpretation of slaveryacknowledging the criticism of the past and acting in the present to develop an inclusive interpretation of slavery.Interpreting Slavery at Museums and Historic Sites aims to move the field forward in its collective conversation about the interpretation of slaveryacknowledging the criticism of the past and acting in the present to develop an inclusive interpretation of slavery. Presenting the history of slavery in a comprehensive and conscientious manner is difficult and requires diligence and compassionfor the history itself, for those telling the story, and for those hearing the storiesbut its a necessary part of our collective narrative about our past, present, and future.This book features best practices for: Interpreting slavery across the country and for many people. The history of slavery, while traditionally interpreted primarily on southern plantations, is increasingly recognized as relevant at historic sites across the nation. It is also more than just an African-American/European-American storyit is relevant to the history of citizens of Latino, Caribbean, African and indigenous descent, as well. It is also pertinent to those descended from immigrants who arrived after slavery, whose stories are deeply intertwined with the legacy of slavery and its aftermath. Developing support within an institution for the interpretation of slaveryl%