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The north door : echoes of slavery in a New England family / Grant Hayter-Menzies.

by Hayter-Menzies, Grant, 1964-

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Old Johnson Place, 2019.

Hayter-Menzies, Grant, 1964- -- Genealogy.

Slavery -- New England -- History.

Slavery -- United States -- History.

Biographers -- Biography.

9780997894172 (hc.)

188 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

"More Americans are discovering their ancestral connections to slavery --as victims, as perpetrators, as beneficiaries. Biographer Grant Hayter-Menzies has contributed a unique memoir depending not on genes or genealogy primarily, but upon a rich family history full of faces, personalities, and fascinating stories. He follows the threads of lore, remembrance and hard fact to encounters today with descendants of the slave holders and the slaves of his family's past. The result is a powerful testament to the resilience of Americans of all backgrounds confronting slavery's dishonorable and humiliating imprint. Hayter-Menzies describes slavery in the North as a parallel and variation of southern slavery. But he is able to examine the history through the lens of his beloved grandmother, who grew up in the shadow of post-slavery culture, and embodied both a deep humanity and an unconscious conformity to traditional white attitudes. In this memoir of his journey through the past and the present, through his own memories and impressions of early childhood to his mature understanding of the complex legacies of slavery across American culture, Hayter-Menzies makes a remarkable departure from his past work, and achieves a memorable contribution to a literature of growing importance."--From publisher.

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