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Gautham Rao & John Garrison Marks @ Southern Festival of Books

October 18 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

White Power
Policing American Slavery
by Gautham Rao
320 pp., 11 halftones, 4 maps
ISBN 978-1-4696-9484-9 $30.00 cloth
Publication date: May 19, 2026
For more information: https://www.uncpress.org/book/9781469694849/white-power/

Thy Will Be Done
George Washington’s Legacy of Slavery and the Fight for American Memory
by John Garrison Marks
304 pp., 6 halftones
ISBN 978-1-4696-9352-1 $35.00 cloth
Publication date: April 7, 2026
For more information: https://www.uncpress.org/book/9781469693521/thy-will-be-done/

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From the earliest days of the United States before it existed as a nation, slavery was upheld by written law. These histories explore those laws from George Washington through the Civil War, and how slaves developed the knowledge to assist in attaining their freedom.

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  • Tennessee State Library & Archives
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    Nashville, TN 37219 United States     + Google Map
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