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How the Word Is Passed

by Clint Smith

2021 · adult

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Set in 3 places · 1 primary
Sense of Place
5/5

Set in

  • ★
    New Orleans · United States
    Smith's hometown and starting point of his tour through slavery's American monuments
    ★ primary
  • Monticello · United States
    Jefferson's plantation; 400 enslaved people supporting the author of liberty
  • Whitney Plantation · United States
    One of only a few plantations devoted to the enslaved; a central chapter of the book

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