Ties that bind : the story of an Afro-Cherokee family in slavery and freedom

Ties that bind : the story of an Afro-Cherokee family in slavery and freedom /

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"This beautifully written book tells the haunting saga of a quintessentially American family. It is the story of Shoe Boots, a famed Cherokee warrior and successful farmer, and Doll, an African slave he acquired in the late 1790s. Over the next thirty years, Shoe Boots and Doll lived together a...

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Main Author: Miles, Tiya, 1970- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, 2015
Edition:Second edition.
Series:American crossroads ; 14.
Subjects:
Cherokee Indians > History > 19th century.
Cherokee Indians > Mixed descent.
Cherokee Indians > Kinship.
Enslaved Indians > Georgia > History > 19th century.
African Americans > Georgia.
African Americans > Kinship > Georgia.
Black people > Georgia > Relations with Indians.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Captivity
  • Slavery
  • Motherhood
  • Property
  • Christianity
  • Nationhood
  • Gold rush
  • Removal
  • Capture
  • Freedom
  • Epilogue : citizenship
  • Coda : the Shoeboots family today.

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