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Realms of Oblivion : An Excavation of the Davies Manor Historic Site's Omitted Stories by Andrew C. Ross (2024, Trade Paperback)

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Realms of Oblivion : An Excavation of the Davies Manor Historic Site's Omitted Stories, Paperback by Ross, Andrew C., ISBN 082650681X, ISBN-13 9780826506818, Brand New, Free shipping in the US "The Realms of Oblivion is a micro history that uses a Tennessee slave-owning family's plantation, Davies Manor, as a window into slavery's local dimensions. Through tracing the Zachariah Davis family's migration to Tennessee from Virginia in the late eighteenth-century, th weaves together a multi-generational family narrative that showcases how the family's wealth and 'success' as farmers was predicated upon the brutal exploitation of enslaved Black people"--

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PublisherVanderbilt University Press

ISBN-10082650681X

ISBN-139780826506818

eBay Product ID (ePID)3062640979

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Book TitleRealms of Oblivion : an Excavation of the Davies Manor Historic Site's Omitted Stories

Number of Pages280 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicUnited States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), Museums, Tours, Points of Interest, Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), African American

Publication Year2024

IllustratorYes

GenreTravel, History

AuthorAndrew C. Ross

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Reviews"Andrew Ross's analysis is original and insightful, and it makes a significant contribution to examinations of Tennessee life. Focusing on the interior lives of individual African Americans connected as enslaved, free, or freed people to the Davies family, The Realms of Oblivion explores race and class in the rural South." -- Beverly G. Bond , editor of Remembering the Memphis Massacre: An American Story, "Andrew Ross's nuanced study of Davies Manor, once Shelby County's best known plantation, is a triumph of detailed scholarship and empathy. The Realms of Oblivion is one of Tennessee history's best books on a place and the peoples who interacted there." -- Carroll Van West , author of Tennessee's Historic Landscapes, " The Realms of Oblivion follows a trend of exciting scholarship that uses micro-histories, specifically family histories, to analyze the history of westward expansion, plantation slavery, and disunion." -- Jessica Blake , assistant professor of history, Austin Peay State University

Table Of ContentPreface Introduction: Omitted in Mass Part I: 1700-1842 1. The Southside 2. God, Grace and Child, and Wonder 3. Laborers in God's Vineyard 4. A Mother and Grandmother of All the Others 5. Blood on the Fence, Blood on the Ground Part II: 1843-1860 6. Garden Spot of the World 7. Storm Clouds 8. Morning Sun 9. The Time for Moderation Has Passed Part III: 1861-1865 10. Goodbye Pa 11. Disposed of as Follows 12. His Erring Children 13. No-Man's-Land 14. Honorable Mention 15. Oh for a Better State of Things!!! Part IV: 1865-1893 16. There Is Danger of Much Trouble 17. A Relic of the Old Barbarism 18. A Terrible State of Frenzy 19. Yearning for the "Days of Yore" 20. A Promising and Pleasant Little Village Epilogue: You Can't Tell All the Good Parts Unless You Bring in Some of That Bad Part Profiles of Enslaved People, 1773-1865 Davies Family Tree Notes Index

SynopsisWinner of the American Association for State and Local History's Award of Excellence--Large-Press Publication, 2025 Winner of the Tennessee History Book Award (Tennessee Historical Society and Tennessee Historical Commission), 2024 The Realms of Oblivion explores the complexities involved in reconciling competing versions of history, channeled through Davies Manor, a historic site near Memphis that once centered a wealthy slave-owning family's sprawling cotton plantation. Interrogating the forces of memorialization that often go unquestioned in the stories we believe about ourselves and our communities, this book simultaneously tells an informative and engrossing bottom-up history--of the Davies family, of the Black families they enslaved and exploited across generations, and of Memphis and Shelby County--while challenging readers to consider just what upholds the survival of that history into the present day. Written in an engaging and critical style, The Realms of Oblivion is grounded in a rich source base, ranging from nineteenth-century legal records to the personal papers of the Davies family to twentieth-century African American oral histories. Author Andrew C. Ross uses these sources to unearth the stark contrast between the version of Davies Manor's history that was built out of nostalgia, and the version that records have proven to actually be true. As a result, Ross illuminates the ongoing need for a deep and honest reckoning with the history of the South and of the United States, on the part of both individuals and community institutions such as local historic sites and small museums., Winner of the American Association for State and Local History's Award of Excellence-Large-Press Publication, 2025 Winner of the Tennessee History Book Award (Tennessee Historical Society and Tennessee Historical Commission), 2024 The Realms of Oblivion explores the complexities involved in reconciling competing versions of history, channeled through Davies Manor, a historic site near Memphis that once centered a wealthy slave-owning family's sprawling cotton plantation. Interrogating the forces of memorialization that often go unquestioned in the stories we believe about ourselves and our communities, this book simultaneously tells an informative and engrossing bottom-up history-of the Davies family, of the Black families they enslaved and exploited across generations, and of Memphis and Shelby County-while challenging readers to consider just what upholds the survival of that history into the present day. Written in an engaging and critical style, The Realms of Oblivion is grounded in a rich source base, ranging from nineteenth-century legal records to the personal papers of the Davies family to twentieth-century African American oral histories. Author Andrew C. Ross uses these sources to unearth the stark contrast between the version of Davies Manor's history that was built out of nostalgia, and the version that records have proven to actually be true. As a result, Ross illuminates the ongoing need for a deep and honest reckoning with the history of the South and of the United States, on the part of both individuals and community institutions such as local historic sites and small museums.

LC Classification NumberF444.B85R67 2023