Denmark Vesey's Garden
Slavery and Memory in the Cradle of the Confederacy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4157299 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wallace Hettle (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 106 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 175-175 |
| Publication date | 2019-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of American History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8723 • E-ISSN: 1945-2314 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.26643/hrj.v5i1.6859 |
| OpenAlex | W2947068186 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
As the authors illustrate in this well-researched and accessible work, Charleston, South Carolina, has played a central role not just in the history of American slavery but also in the memory of the peculiar institution. The city was important to the slave trade and earned the unenviable distinction as the spot where the Civil War's first shots were fired. Today, the authors note, it is a key destination for heritage tourism: a town of one hundred thousand that draws more than 5 million visitors per year. The book opens with a vivid recounting of the 2015 murder of nine black Charlestonians by the white supremacist and neo-Confederate Dylann Roof. The killings took place in the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, which Denmark Vesey, the leader of an abortive slave insurrection in 1822, attended. As Ethan J. Kytle and Blain Roberts show, Roof targeted the church because of its historical significance
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Geography · Institution · Political science · South carolina · Spanish Civil War · Tourism · White (mutation · Work (physics · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Engineering · History · Law · Philippine History and Culture · Public Administration
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,83 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2024 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |