Ties That Bind
Subtitle: The Story of an Afro-Cherokee Family in Slavery and Freedom
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780520285637
Subjects: Indians of north america, history; Slaves, united states; African americans, georgia; Blacks, united states
Description: "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.