"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.
OverDrive, Inc.
JSTOR
1A86B434-358B-49A1-93E6-EF27F80BC884
22573/ctt1968w09
Ties that bind.
9780520285637
Story of an Afro-Cherokee family in slavery and freedom
African Americans-- Georgia.
African Americans-- Kinship-- Georgia.
Blacks-- Georgia-- Relations with Indians.
Cherokee Indians-- History-- 19th century.
Cherokee Indians-- Kinship.
Cherokee Indians-- Mixed descent.
Indian slaves-- Georgia-- History-- 19th century.
African Americans.
Blacks-- Relations with Indians.
Cherokee Indians-- Mixed descent.
Cherokee Indians.
Ethnic & Race Studies.
Gender & Ethnic Studies.
HISTORY-- United States-- State & Local-- South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)