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Author Aden, Roger C., 1962-

Title Upon the ruins of liberty : slavery, the President's House at Independence National Historical Park, and public memory / Roger C. Aden
Published Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Temple University Press, 2015

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Contents Discovering the truth: the revelation of ugly history -- Re-collecting the past: the complexity of public memory -- Displacing the inconvenient: the incomplete story of liberty -- Honoring the ancestors: the quest for acknowledgement -- Shaping the place: the design competition -- Revealing the foundations: the excavation of the site -- Telling the stories: the opening of the installation -- Continuing the conversation: the legacy of the President's House
Summary The 2002 revelation that George Washington kept slaves in his executive mansion at Philadelphia's Independence National Historical Park in the 1790s prompted an eight-year controversy about the role of slavery in America's commemorative landscape. When the President's House installation opened in 2010, it became the first federal property to feature a slave memorial. In Upon the Ruins of Liberty, Roger Aden offers a compelling account that explores the development of this important historic site and how history, space, and public memory intersected with contemporary racial politics. Aden con
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Homes and haunts -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Adams, John, 1735-1826 -- Homes and haunts -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Relations with slaves
SUBJECT Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Relations with slaves
Adams, John, 1735-1826 -- Homes and haunts -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Homes and haunts -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Adams, John, 1735-1826 fast
Washington, George, 1732-1799 fast
Subject President's House (Philadelphia, Pa.)
SUBJECT President's House (Philadelphia, Pa.) fast
Subject Slavery -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- 18th century
Lost architecture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General.
Antiquities
Buildings
Homes
Lost architecture
Relations with slaves
Slavery
SUBJECT Independence National Historical Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Antiquities
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Buildings, structures, etc
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Antiquities
Subject Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Independence National Historical Park
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781439912010
1439912017