{"product_id":"in-hush-to-harbor-black-sanctuary-from-slavery-to-trumps-america-hardback-9781978844919","title":"In Hush to Harbor; Black Sanctuary from Slavery to Trump's America (Hardback) 9781978844919","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eIn Hush to Harbor\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eBlack Sanctuary from Slavery to Trump's America\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLa-Toya L. Scott (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781978844919\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 14 July 2026\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e210 pages, 7 color figures\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.8 cm, 0.48 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Shifting the racial gaze from toxic claims of white innocence to the longstanding vulnerability of Black populations to white state-sanctioned violence, La-Toya L. Scott reminds us that creating safe spaces for Black people to congregate is—and has always been—a revolutionary enterprise.\" - David Ikard, author of \u003cem\u003eBreaking the Silence: Toward a Black Male Feminist Criticism\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"An expansive interrogation of the concept of safety for Black folks living in America, stretching from narratives of enslaved women to digitally mediated environments. In this book, Scott points us toward possibilities created from crisis, born of resistance, and situated in Black feminist practices of community and care.\" - Catherine Knight Steele, author of \u003cem\u003eDigital Black Feminism\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A rigorous analysis of Black resistance during racialized crises. Scott skillfully examines Black sanctuary construction, illuminating how Black communities claim space amidst white supremacy. This book makes a unique contribution to our understanding of antiracist politics and resistance.\" - Melissa C. Brown, assistant professor of communication at Santa Clara University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"An illuminating exploration of safe havens, grounded in history, ethnography, theory, and literary criticism.\" - \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlack communities in America have a long history of constructing sanctuaries amid oppression, from the secret hush harbors of slavery to the digital refuges created in response to the resurgence of white supremacist violence in the Trump era. These havens have offered places to grieve and to gather, to imagine freedom when the world denied it, and to practice care and resistance in the face of constant danger. They remind us that even in the darkest moments, Black people have made space to grieve, rest, heal, strategize, and imagine new futures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn Hush to Harbor\u003c\/i\u003e traces this enduring sanctuary-making through both historical memory and contemporary expression from the legacy of Freedmen's Towns and Green Books for Motorists in the Jim Crow era as testaments to Black mobility and mutual protection to present-day digital activism and grassroots organizing that reimagine safety in the public sphere. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlending literary criticism, cultural history, and ethnography, Scott demonstrates that sanctuary is not merely a place of retreat but a political and spiritual practice that calls forth a collective act of making space when none is offered. \u003ci\u003eIn Hush to Harbor\u003c\/i\u003e offers not just a chronicle of survival but a blueprint for sustaining Black refuge in a time of urgent need, redefining what it means to be safe in a nation that has never guaranteed safety for Black life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: \u003ci\u003eExcept for Us \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 \u003ci\u003eLovecraft Country Spatial Geographies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2 \u003ci\u003eBlack Women, Labor, and Space\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3 \u003ci\u003eParadise Is Who You Keep Out\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4 \u003ci\u003eA Womanist Place: When Crisis Calls Us to Center \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5 \u003ci\u003eDigital Hush Harbors: Rhetoric to Action and the Florida Dream Defenders \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: \u003ci\u003eWhen They See Us\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eNotes \u003cbr\u003eIndex \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52640497205528,"sku":"9781978844919","price":71.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/in-hush-to-harbor-black-sanctuary-from-slavery-to-trumps-america-hardback-9781978844919","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}