How the word is passed: a reckoning with the history of slavery across America

"The whole city is a memorial to slavery:" Prologue

"There's a difference between history and nostalgia:" Monticello Plantation

"An open book, up under the sky:" The Whitney Plantation

"I can't change what happened here:" Angola Prison

"I don't know if it's true or not, but I like it:" Blandford Cemetery

"Our Independence Day:" Galveston Island

"We were the good guys, right?" New York City

"One slave is too much:" Gorée Island

"I lived it:" Epilogue

About this project.

"Whole city is a memorial to slavery" : Prologue --

"There's a difference between history and nostalgia" : Monticello Plantation --

"An open book, up under the sky" : Whitney Plantation --

"I can't change what happened here" : Angola Prison --

"I don't know if it's true or not, but I like it" : Blandford Cemetery --

"Our Independence Day" : Galveston Island --

"We were the good guys, right?" : New York City --

"One slave is too much" : Gorée Island --

"I lived it" : Epilogue.

"The whole city is a memorial to slavery:" prologue

"There's a difference between history and nostalgia:" Monticello Plantation

"An open book, up under the sky:" The Whitney Plantation

"I can't change what happened here:" Angola Prison

"I don't know if it's true or not, but I like it:" Blandford Cemetery

"Our Independence Day:" Galveston Island

"We were the good guys, right?" New York City

"One slave is too much:" Gorée Island

"I lived it:" epilogue

About this project.