ERASING SLAVERY

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

Saidiya Hartman’s story of retracing the routes of the Atlantic slave trade in Ghana is an original, thought-provoking meditation on the corrosive legacy of slavery from the 16th century to the present and a welcome illustration of the powers of innovative scholarship to help us better understand how history shapes identity.

Lose Your Mother: A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route By Saidiya Hartman - Books - Review -...

A scholar confronts unwillingness to discuss slavery, in her family and in Africa.

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