Standing Soldiers, Kneeling Slaves

Standing Soldiers, Kneeling Slaves

Author: Kirk Savage

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 9780691009476

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The United States originated as a slave society, holding millions of Africans and their descendants in bondage, and remained so until a civil war took the lives of a half million soldiers, some once slaves themselves. Historian Kirk Savage explores how that history of slavery and its violent end was recognized in public--specifically in the sculptural monuments that dominated streets, parks, and town squares in 19th-century America. 67 photos.