The inner passage : an untold story of Black resistance along a southern waterway / Virginia McGee Richards ; introduction by Imani Perry ; foreword by James Estrin.

Main entry:

Richards, Virginia McGee, author, photographer. aut pht http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pht

Title & Author:

The inner passage : an untold story of Black resistance along a southern waterway / Virginia McGee Richards ; introduction by Imani Perry ; foreword by James Estrin.

Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2026]

Description:

viii, 137 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Foreword: On the Photographs by James Estrin -- Introduction: Along This Way: Living History in Virginia Richards' Lowcountry Photography / Imani Perry -- Portfolio of Photographic Plates -- Swimming in History at New Cut Canal / Virginia McGee Richards -- List of Enslaved and Indentured People Escaping on the Inner Passage.

Summary:

"Award-winning photographer and celebrated writers present a recovered history of the inner passage, made by enslaved people for plantation owners and used by generations of Black freedom seekers"-- Provided by publisher.
"Some of the earliest canals in colonial America, referred to as the Inner Passage, were constructed by enslaved people living in the Lowcountry of South Carolina in the early 1700s. In a paradox of history, for over a hundred years enslaved Black people used these canals, constructed for white plantation owners, to travel southward to freedom in Spanish Florida. In this book, Virginia McGee Richards documents the lost narrative of the Inner Passage through 60 extraordinary photographs of landscapes altered by slavery and portraits of Lowcountry descendants, along with an essay describing her discovery of this untold history. In an accompanying essay, Imani Perry writes about her own journey on the Inner Passage, putting Black resistance to enslavement and Southern history into an immediate context. James Estrin brings decades of insight about photography and the power of visual storytelling to his affecting foreword. Together, these words and images offer a powerful living map of history." -- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780262051712 hardcover
0262051710 hardcover

Subject:

African Americans South Carolina Atlantic Coast History.
African Americans South Carolina Atlantic Coast Pictorial works.
Enslaved persons South Carolina Atlantic Coast History.
Slavery South Carolina Atlantic Coast History.
Noirs américains Caroline du Sud Atlantique, Côte de l' Histoire.
Noirs américains Caroline du Sud Atlantique, Côte de l' Ouvrages illustrés.
Esclaves Caroline du Sud Atlantique, Côte de l' Histoire.
Esclavage Caroline du Sud Atlantique, Côte de l' Histoire.
Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway History.
Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Pictorial works.
Atlantic Coast (S.C.) History.
Atlantic Coast (S.C.) Pictorial works.
Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Histoire.
Atlantique, Côte de l' (Car. du S.) Histoire.
Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Ouvrages illustrés.
Atlantique, Côte de l' (Car. du S.) Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

Perry, Imani, 1972- writer of introduction.
Estrin, James, writer of foreword.

Holdings:

Location: Library study room new acquisitions 325291
Call No.: 325291
Copy: 1
Status: Available

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