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Ties That Bind: The Story of an Afro-Cherokee Family in Slavery and Freedom
Tiya Miles
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Description for Ties That Bind: The Story of an Afro-Cherokee Family in Slavery and Freedom
Paperback. 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 as master and slave and also as lifelong partners who, with their children and grandchildren, experienced key events in American history. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 416 pages, 45 h/t, 1 line, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 580.
This beautifully written book, now in its second edition, 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 as master and slave and also as lifelong partners who, with their children and grandchildren, experienced key events in American history including slavery, the Creek War, the founding of the Cherokee Nation and subsequent removal of Native Americans along the Trail of Tears, and the Civil ... Read more
This beautifully written book, now in its second edition, 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 as master and slave and also as lifelong partners who, with their children and grandchildren, experienced key events in American history including slavery, the Creek War, the founding of the Cherokee Nation and subsequent removal of Native Americans along the Trail of Tears, and the Civil ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
American Crossroads
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520285637
SKU
V9780520285637
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Ref
99-38
About Tiya Miles
Tiya Miles is Professor of History and American Culture at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She is the author of The House on Diamond Hill: A Cherokee Plantation Story and The Cherokee Rose: A Novel of Gardens and Ghosts. Among other notable prizes and fellowships, she was awarded a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship in 2011.
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