Dawn Of Detroit: A Chronicle Of Slavery And Freedom In The City Of The Straits
by Tiya Miles /
2017 / English / EPUB
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Most Americans believe that slavery was a creature of the South,
and that Northern states and territories provided stops on the
Underground Railroad for fugitive slaves on their way to Canada.
In this paradigm-shifting book, celebrated historian Tiya Miles
reveals that slavery was at the heart of the Midwest’s iconic
city: Detroit.
Most Americans believe that slavery was a creature of the South,
and that Northern states and territories provided stops on the
Underground Railroad for fugitive slaves on their way to Canada.
In this paradigm-shifting book, celebrated historian Tiya Miles
reveals that slavery was at the heart of the Midwest’s iconic
city: Detroit.
In this richly researched and eye-opening book, Miles has pieced
together the experience of the unfree—both native and African
American—in the frontier outpost of Detroit, a place wildly
remote yet at the center of national and international conflict.
Skillfully assembling fragments of a distant historical record,
Miles introduces new historical figures and unearths struggles
that remained hidden from view until now. The result is
fascinating history, little explored and eloquently told, of the
limits of freedom in early America, one that adds new layers of
complexity to the story of a place that exerts a strong
fascination in the media and among public intellectuals, artists,
and activists.
In this richly researched and eye-opening book, Miles has pieced
together the experience of the unfree—both native and African
American—in the frontier outpost of Detroit, a place wildly
remote yet at the center of national and international conflict.
Skillfully assembling fragments of a distant historical record,
Miles introduces new historical figures and unearths struggles
that remained hidden from view until now. The result is
fascinating history, little explored and eloquently told, of the
limits of freedom in early America, one that adds new layers of
complexity to the story of a place that exerts a strong
fascination in the media and among public intellectuals, artists,
and activists.
A book that opens the door on a completely hidden past,
A book that opens the door on a completely hidden past,The
Dawn of Detroit
The
Dawn of Detroit is a powerful and elegantly written history,
one that completely changes our understanding of slavery’s
American legacy.
is a powerful and elegantly written history,
one that completely changes our understanding of slavery’s
American legacy.