Visitors watching "Liberty to Go to See" at Cliveden. | Credit: National Trust for Historic Preservation

For the last two decades, historic sites around the country have been engaged in a steady, thoughtful  discussion about slavery and race. This conversation isn’t always comfortable or easy, but it happens consistently and it happens with the authenticity and veracity that can only happen in an old place, in a place where history happened and history is preserved and history is connected to the present. In this series the Preservation Leadership Forum blog takes a look at National Trust Historic Sites and how their interpretation of slavery has evolved and changed over the years.

Posts:

• Interpreting Slavery at National Trust Historic Sites
• The Slave Quarters at Decatur House: A Landmark for Preservation and Learning
• Breaking New Ground at Montpelier for Interpreting Slavery
• Reflections: Looking Back and Looking Forward at Drayton Hall with George McDaniel
• Art and Shadows: A Fresh Perspective at Shadows on the Teche
• Researching and Interpreting Slavery at Belle Grove Plantation
• Telling All of Our Stories: Interpreting Slavery at Oatlands
• Revisioning Our Conversations on Slavery and Emancipation
• The Living Kitchens Project at Cliveden
• “C” is for Call to Action: There’s Much You Can Do, Part I
• “C” is for Call to Action: There’s Much You Can Do, Part II
  
• A Historic Black  History Month at Belle Grove
• One Person at a Time: Interpreting Slavery at Montpelier

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#Inclusion