Ties that bind : the story of an Afro-Cherokee family in slavery and freedom
Tiya Miles (Author)
"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 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 War. This is the gripping story of their lives, in slavery and in freedom"--Provided by publisher
eBook, English, 2015
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University of California Press, Oakland, California, 2015
History
1 online resource (xxxi, 368 pages) : illustrations, maps
9780520961029, 0520961021
910160054
Captivity
Slavery
Motherhood
Property
Christianity
Nationhood
Gold rush
Removal
Capture
Freedom
Epilogue : citizenship
Coda : the Shoeboots family today
Originally published: 2005
"George Gund Foundation imprint in African American studies."