The dawn of Detroit : a chronicle of slavery and freedom in the city of the straits

Author(s)

• Miles, Tiya

Bibliographic Information

The dawn of Detroit : a chronicle of slavery and freedom in the city of the straits

Tiya Miles

New Press, 2019, c2017

• : pbk

Note

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

In this paradigm-shifting book, celebrated historian Tiya Miles reveals that slavery was at the heart of the Midwest's iconic city: Detroit. 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 centre of national and international conflict. 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 that completely change our understanding of slavery's American legacy.

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Details

• NCID: BB2895062X
• ISBN:
  • 9781620974810
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: 336 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : F574.D457
  • DC23 : 977.4/3401
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Detroit (Mich.) -- History -- 18th century
  • LCSH : Detroit (Mich.) -- History -- 19th century
  • LCSH : Detroit (Mich.) -- Race relations
  • LCSH : Slavery -- Michigan