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"In Richmond--Virginia's capital and once the capital of the Confederacy--deathways and burial practices have changed dramatically over time, yet the color line for preservation and memorialization held steady until recent activist groups stepped forward to reclaim the commemorative landscape for the remains of people of color. Smith traces the disparities between resting sites that have been well maintained and those that have been worn away, dug up, or built over. A work of public history, this book shows how cemeteries can illustrate changes in politics and society across time"--
Memorialization --- Cemeteries --- African American cemeteries --- Public history --- Historic sites --- Social aspects --- History. --- Richmond (Va.) --- Race relations. --- Memorialisation --- Memorials --- Heritage places, Historic --- Heritage sites, Historic --- Historic heritage places --- Historic heritage sites --- Historic places --- Historical sites --- Places, Historic --- Sites, Historic --- Archaeology --- History --- Historic buildings --- Monuments --- World Heritage areas --- Applied history --- Cemeteries, African American --- Slave cemeteries --- Burial grounds --- Burying-grounds --- Churchyards --- Graves --- Graveyards --- Memorial gardens (Cemeteries) --- Memorial parks (Cemeteries) --- Memory gardens (Cemeteries) --- Necropoleis --- Necropoles --- Necropoli --- Necropolises --- Burial --- Death care industry --- Richmond City (Va.) --- City of Richmond (Va.) --- ريتشموند (Va.) --- Rītshmūnd (Va.) --- Горад Рычманд (Va.) --- Horad Rychmand (Va.) --- Рычманд (Va.) --- Rychmand (Va.) --- Ричмънд (Va.) --- Richmŭnd (Va.) --- Ρίτσμοντ (Va.) --- Ritsmont (Va.) --- 리치먼드 (Va.) --- Rich'imŏndŭ (Va.) --- ריצ'מונד (Va.) --- Rits'mond (Va.) --- Ричмонд (Va.) --- Ricmondia (Va.) --- Ričmonda (Va.) --- Ričmond (Va.) --- リッチモンド (Va.) --- Ritchimondo (Va.) --- Rychmond (Va.) --- Ričmonds (Va.) --- 里士满 (Va.) --- Lishiman (Va.)
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In 1798 Robert Morris-"financier of the American Revolution," confidant of George Washington, former U.S. senator-plunged from the peaks of wealth and prestige into debtors' prison and public contempt. How could one of the richest men in the United States, one of only two founders who signed the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution, suffer such a downfall? This book examines for the first time the extravagant Philadelphia town house Robert Morris built and its role in bringing about his ruin. Part biography, part architectural history, the book recounts Morris's wild successes as a merchant, his recklessness as a land speculator, and his unrestrained passion in building his palatial, doomed mansion, once hailed as the most expensive private building in the United States but later known as "Morris's Folly." Setting Morris's tale in the context of the nation's founding, this volume refocuses attention on an essential yet nearly forgotten American figure while also illuminating the origins of America's ongoing, ambivalent attitudes toward the superwealthy and their sensational excesses.
Founding Fathers of the United States --- Finance, Personal. --- Homes and haunts --- Morris, Robert,
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Anti-Catholicism --- Architecture, Gothic --- Church architecture --- Church buildings --- History --- United States --- Design and construction --- United States --- Church history
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