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5.0

Thoroughly researched with an extensive bibliography. A must-read. 

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challenging emotional informative reflective fast-paced

4.75


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challenging informative slow-paced

5.0


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challenging informative reflective sad medium-paced

3.75


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4.0


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informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

Clint Smith is a master with words. I learned a lot listening to this book. While most of the broader concepts weren't new to me, Smith's work of sharing the experiences of enslaved people through the context of the different places he visited was both unique and enlightening.

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5.0

 - I'm not sure if there's anything I can add to the discussion of HOW THE WORD IS PASSED, other than to concur with everyone that yes, this book is as vital and as good as everyone says it is.
- I learned a lot from this book: even if you're read a lot of history and antiracist literature, there's still more to excavate, and Smith brings it all up.
- Smith's inclusion of his personal experiences while visiting the sites in this book keep it from becoming a dry historical text. It does exactly what the sites are trying to do: bring the past into the present because it has never left us, as much as many of us try to pretend it has. 

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challenging dark informative sad slow-paced

4.25


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5.0


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emotional informative reflective slow-paced

5.0


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