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Declaration HouseDuring the drafting of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, Thomas Jefferson and enslaved valet Robert Hemmings spent several months at 700 Market Street in Philadelphia. The editors and contributors to Declaration House reflect on the history of this site and illuminate the entangled legacy of freedom and enslavement at the core of our nations founding. They expand our history by revisiting and mapping this historic place in the city and nation,
During the drafting of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, Thomas Jefferson and enslaved valet Robert Hemmings spent several months at 700 Market Street in Philadelphia. The editors and contributors to Declaration House reflect on the history of this site and illuminate the entangled legacy of freedom and enslavement at the core of our nation’s founding. They expand our history by revisiting and mapping this historic place in the city and nation, past and present, as a way to tend to our democracy today.
At the center of the book is artist Sonya Clark’s revelatory public artwork “The Descendants of Monticello,” a multichannel video installation created in collaboration with Hemmings’ collateral descendants and others who are related to the hundreds of people enslaved at Monticello. Interviews and essays about the project and the site consider history, memory, and the founding of our country. Like Clark’s project, Declaration House asks the timely question, "What does the Declaration of Independence mean to us today?"
Edited by Anna Arabindan-Kesson, Paul M. Farber, and Yolanda Wisher
Contributors: Niya Bates, Kerry C. Bickford, Paul Buchanan, Sonya Clark, Andrew M. Davenport, Kai Davis, Husnaa Haajarah Hashim, J. Calvin Jefferson Sr., Jabari Jefferson, Gayle Jessup White, Jane Kamensky, Matthew Jordan-Miller Kenyatta, Salamishah Tillet, Auriana Woods, and the editors
Monument Lab is a nonprofit public art, history, and design studio based in Philadelphia. We are dedicated to advancing justice by reimagining monuments as places for learning, healing, and belonging. For more information and to support, visit MonumentLab.com.
Product Details
Publisher: Temple University Press
Publish Date: July, 2026
Pages: 176
Language: English
Type: Paperback
Dimensions: 6x9
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