Black Indians: A Hidden HeritageThe compelling teen nonfiction account of how two heritages united in their struggle to gain freedom and equality in America. The first paths to freedom taken by runaway slaves led to Native American villages. There, black men and women found acceptance and friendship among our country’s original inhabitants. Though they seldom appear in textbooks and movies, the children of Native and African American marriages helped shape the early days of the fur trade, added a new dimension to frontier diplomacy, and made a daring contribution to the fight for American liberty. Since its original publication, William Loren Katz’s Black Indians has remained the definitive work on a long, arduous quest for freedom and equality. This new edition features a new cover and includes updated information about a neglected chapter in American history. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
If You Know I Have a History | 8 |
They Fled Amongst the Indians | 19 |
Between the Races We Cannot Dig Too Deep a Gulf | 34 |
The FinestLooking People I Have Ever Seen | 53 |
We Are All Living as in One House | 69 |
That You Know Who We Are | 82 |
He Was Our GoBetween | 97 |
Like the Indians Themselves | 126 |
Blood So Largely Mingled 141 11 The Finest Specimens of Mankind | 157 |
No Bars Can Hold Cherokee Bill | 172 |
We Are Identical | 189 |
The Greatest Sweat and Dirt Cowboy who Ever Lived | 202 |
So Long to Articulate | 226 |
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