| Description |
1 online resource (xxxi, 368 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
American crossroads ; 14 |
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American crossroads ; 14
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| Contents |
Captivity -- Slavery -- Motherhood -- Property -- Christianity -- Nationhood -- Gold rush -- Removal -- Capture -- Freedom -- Epilogue : citizenship -- Coda : the Shoeboots family today |
| Summary |
"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 |
| Notes |
Originally published: 2005 |
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"George Gund Foundation imprint in African American studies." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-353) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Cherokee Indians -- History -- 19th century
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Cherokee Indians -- Mixed descent.
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Cherokee Indians -- Kinship
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Enslaved Indians -- Georgia -- History -- 19th century
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African Americans -- Georgia.
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African Americans -- Kinship -- Georgia
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Black people -- Georgia -- Relations with Indians
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
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African Americans
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Black people -- Relations with Indians
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Cherokee Indians
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Cherokee Indians -- Mixed descent
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Enslaved Indians
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Georgia
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780520961029 |
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0520961021 |
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