Upon the ruins of liberty : slavery, the President's House at Independence National Historical Park, and public memory
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Upon the ruins of liberty : slavery, the President's House at Independence National Historical Park, and public memory
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The work Upon the ruins of liberty : slavery, the President's House at Independence National Historical Park, and public memory represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of San Diego Libraries. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.
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- Upon the ruins of liberty : slavery, the President's House at Independence National Historical Park, and public memory
- Title remainder
- slavery, the President's House at Independence National Historical Park, and public memory
- Statement of responsibility
- Roger C. Aden
- Subject
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- Adams, John, 1735-1826
- Adams, John, 1735-1826 -- Homes and haunts -- Pennsylvania | Philadelphia
- Antiquities
- Buildings
- Electronic books
- 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)
- History
- Homes
- Independence National Historical Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Antiquities
- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General
- Lost architecture
- Lost architecture -- Pennsylvania | Philadelphia
- 1700-1799
- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia | Independence National Historical Park
- Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Antiquities
- Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Buildings, structures, etc
- President's House (Philadelphia, Pa.)
- President's House (Philadelphia, Pa.)
- Relations with slaves
- Slavery
- Slavery -- Pennsylvania | Philadelphia -- History -- 18th century
- Washington, George, 1732-1799
- Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Homes and haunts -- Pennsylvania | Philadelphia
- Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Relations with slaves
- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
- Language
- eng
- 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
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- N$T
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
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