Architectures of Slavery

Ruins and Reconstructions

Nathaniel Robert Walker, Rachel Ama Asaa Engmann

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University of Virginia Press
03 June 2025

History of architecture; Slavery & abolition of slavery

The material legacies of slavery across the Atlantic world

Atlantic slavery has bequeathed architectural legacies from the plantation ruins that fill the valleys of Cuba to the servant’s quarters of middle-class apartment housing in Brazil; from picturesque New England waterfronts to the modernist ranch-house suburbs of Savannah; and from the castle-studded coastline of Ghana to steel-framed commercial high-rises in South Carolina. The stories of these places are woven together by historical threads stretched across the past five hundred years, connecting them first through empire and forced migration, then by modern economic development and heritage tourism. Architectures of Slavery brings new clarity and critical insight to these visible injustices that still haunt so many societies in the Atlantic world, empowering its people to build more democratic and just places in the future.

Edited by: Nathaniel Robert Walker, Rachel Ama Asaa Engmann
Imprint: University of Virginia Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 25mm
ISBN: 9780813952987
ISBN 10: 0813952980
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 03 June 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Nathaniel Robert Walker is Associate Professor of Architectural History at the Catholic University of America and coeditor of Suffragette City: Women, Politics, and the Built Environment. Rachel Ama Asaa Engmann is an Associate Professor at the Africa Institute in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Director of the Christiansborg Archaeological Heritage Project in Ghana, and editor of Timbuktu Unbound: Islamic Texts, Textual Traditions, and Heritage in West Africa.