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  Death and rebirth in a southern city : Richmond's historic cemeteries

  Author

  Smith, Ryan K.,  

  Publisher:

  Johns Hopkins University Press,

  Pub date:

  2020.

  Description:

  316 pages :

  ISBN:

  1421439271

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  Death and rebirth in a southern city : Richmond's historic cemeteries
  Smith, Ryan K.,
  

  Personal Author:

  Smith, Ryan K.,

  Title:

  Death and rebirth in a southern city : Richmond's historic cemeteries / Ryan K. Smith.

  Publication Info:

  Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020.

  264:

  ©2020

  Physical descrip:

  316 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

  Contents:

  The Southern Dead and the Present Moment -- The Churchyard -- The African Burial Grounds -- The New Burying Ground -- Grounds for the Free People of Color and the Enslaved -- The Hebrew Cemeteries -- The Confederate Cemeteries -- The National Cemeteries -- The Post-Emancipation Uplift Cemeteries.

  Summary:

  "In Richmond--Virginia's capital and once the capital of the Confederacy--deathways and burial practices have changed dramatically over time, yet the color line for preservation and memorialization held steady until recent activist groups stepped forward to reclaim the commemorative landscape for the remains of people of color. Smith traces the disparities between resting sites that have been well maintained and those that have been worn away, dug up, or built over. A work of public history, this book shows how cemeteries can illustrate changes in politics and society across time"-- Provided by publisher.

  Held by:

  GAYTON NORTH-PARK

  Subject term:

  African American cemeteries--Virginia--Richmond--History.

  Subject term:

  Cemeteries--Virginia--Richmond--History.

  Subject term:

  Historic sites--Virginia--Richmond.

  Subject term:

  Memorialization--Social aspects--Virginia--Richmond.

  Subject term:

  Public history--Virginia--Richmond.

  Geographic term:

  Richmond (Va.)--History.

  Geographic term:

  Richmond (Va.)--Race relations.