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How the Word Is Passed

A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

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How the Word Is Passed

Auteur(s): Clint Smith
Narrateur(s): Clint Smith
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This compelling #1 New York Times bestseller examines the legacy of slavery in America—and how both history and memory continue to shape our everyday lives.

Beginning in his hometown of New Orleans, Clint Smith leads the reader on an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks—those that are honest about the past and those that are not—that offer an intergenerational story of how slavery has been central in shaping our nation's collective history, and ourselves.

It is the story of the Monticello Plantation in Virginia, the estate where Thomas Jefferson wrote letters espousing the urgent need for liberty while enslaving more than four hundred people. It is the story of the Whitney Plantation, one of the only former plantations devoted to preserving the experience of the enslaved people whose lives and work sustained it. It is the story of Angola, a former plantation-turned-maximum-security prison in Louisiana that is filled with Black men who work across the 18,000-acre land for virtually no pay. And it is the story of Blandford Cemetery, the final resting place of tens of thousands of Confederate soldiers.

A deeply researched and transporting exploration of the legacy of slavery and its imprint on centuries of American history, How the Word Is Passed illustrates how some of our country's most essential stories are hidden in plain view—whether in places we might drive by on our way to work, holidays such as Juneteenth, or entire neighborhoods like downtown Manhattan, where the brutal history of the trade in enslaved men, women, and children has been deeply imprinted.

Informed by scholarship and brought to life by the story of people living today, Smith's debut work of nonfiction is a landmark of reflection and insight that offers a new understanding of the hopeful role that memory and history can play in making sense of our country and how it has come to be.

Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction

Winner of the Stowe Prize

Winner of 2022 Hillman Prize for Book Journalism

PEN America 2022 John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction Finalist

A New York Times 10 Best Books of 2021

A Time 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2021

Named a Best Book of 2021 by The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The Economist, Smithsonian, Esquire, Entropy, The Christian Science Monitor, WBEZ's Nerdette Podcast, TeenVogue, GoodReads, SheReads, BookPage, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, Fathom Magazine, the New York Public Library, and the Chicago Public Library

One of GQ’s 50 Best Books of Literary Journalism of the 21st Century

Longlisted for the National Book Award Los Angeles Times, Best Nonfiction Gift

One of President Obama's Favorite Books of 2021

Amériques Racisme et discrimination Sciences sociales Écrire et publier États-Unis Discrimination Justice sociale Afrique

Ce que les critiques en disent

"Suffused with lyrical descriptions and incisive historical details, including Robert E. Lee’s ruthlessness as a slave owner and early resistance by Frederick Douglass and W.E.B. Du Bois to the Confederate general’s “deification,” this is an essential consideration of how America’s past informs its present."—Publisher's Weekly
"The Atlantic writer drafts a history of slavery in this country unlike anything you’ve read before.”—Entertainment Weekly
“An important and timely book about race in America.”—Drew Faust, Harvard Magazine
"Merging memoir, travelogue, and history, Smith fashions an affecting, often lyrical narrative of witness."—The New York Review of Books
"In this exploration of the ways we talk about — and avoid talking about — slavery, Smith blends reportage and deep critical thinking to produce a work that interrogates both history and memory."—Kate Tuttle, Boston Globe
“Raises questions that we must all address, without recourse to wishful thinking or the collective ignorance and willful denial that fuels white supremacy.” —Martha Anne Toll, The Washington Post
“Sketches an impressive and deeply affecting human cartography of America’s historical conscience…an extraordinary contribution to the way we understand ourselves.” —Julian Lucas, New York Times Book Review
"With careful research, scholarship, and perspective, Smith underscores a necessary truth: the imprint of slavery is unyieldingly present in contemporary America, and the stories of its legacy, of the enslaved people and their descendants, are everywhere."—TeenVogue
“Clint Smith, in his new book “How the Word Is Passed,” has created something subtle and extraordinary.”—Christian Science Monitor
"Part of what makes this book so brilliant is its bothandedness. It is both a searching historical work and a journalistic account of how these historic sites operate today. Its both carefully researched and lyrical. I mean Smith is a poet and the sentences in this book just are piercingly alive. And it’s both extremely personal—it is the author’s story—and extraordinarily sweeping. It amplifies lots of other voices. Past and present. Reading it I kept thinking about that great Alice Walker line ‘All History is Current’.”—John Green, New York Times bestselling author of The Anthropocene Reviewed
“The summer’s most visionary work of nonfiction is this radical reckoning with slavery, as represented in the nation’s monuments, plantations, and landmarks.”—Adrienne Westenfeld, Esquire
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I started this a bit cynically but it’s an amazing, well balanced history of US. The author does a great job narrating. I found it very engaging and enlightening … not necessarily in a good way. Lots of stuff many folks would rather remain buried. I would add this to my top ten or even top five history ‘must reads’ which to me include: Ordinary Men; Gulag; 1491 and Breathing Life into the Stone Fort Treaty.

Brilliant balanced history

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Clint Smith has done an excellent job of describing the horrors and ongoing legacy of slavery. we see the results all around us on a daily basis. As a 62 year old white Canadian male I am haunted by the similarities to our own inability to deal with our history of Residential schools. Great listen.

Exceptional!

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clear prose with a poetic edge. such attention to historical accuracy. all told from an evocative and moving emotional perspective. even as a canadian this was an exceedingly good read. learned so much, of which i should have know and which we should ALL know. would recommend this to ANYONE, ANYWHERE. 100/10!!! thank you so much for this, dr. smith.

precise, rousing, and masterful

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Given its accolades, I’m likely just reiterating many sentiments. I was thrilled to learn that Mr Smith had been a high school teacher and that had, in part, instructed his book. I too was an English teacher with a love of history, and kept thinking of ways I could have incorporated his text into my lessons.
Smith tackles a still difficult and ugly subject matter with beautiful prose, and just the right amount of acrimony, complete fairness and deep research. Through extensive use of primary sources, he makes the logical connections that leave no other inference. I like that he acknowledges, either refuting or reinforcing, ALL beliefs and points of view he encountered throughout his research.

As full disclosure on identity, I’m a white, female, Jewish Canadian with a fair amount of historical knowledge (especially of North America). What was completely new for me, or far more in-depth than my prior knowledge was …
Seneca Village in NYC!! I was blown away and unfortunately part of the group that assumed NY was for the most part sympathetic to the cause of equal rights.
Also surprising was Lincoln’s complex relationship with race. I had no idea that it came down to a political move in the end.

This was clearly a labour of love and we are only better for listening to it. Thank you for your incredible research and very engaging book!

Black History Canon

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Dr.Clint Smith, congratulations on an excellent book. You made the reader feel like they were right there with you. This book was an emotional roller coaster. It left me in awe of the resilience of my people. It taught me a lot about why Black people have so mis mistrust and how they have and continue to contribute to this country.
I encourage all to read but caution you that the emotions you will feel will be intense.

A must read

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