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Author
Publisher
The New Press
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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A celebrated historian dispels the long-accepted fact that slavery was a largely Southern institution and that the Northern states and territories provided stops on the Underground Railroad by detailing the lives and struggles of slaves in the frontier outpost of Detroit.
Author
Language
English
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Description
Most Americans believe that slavery was a creature of the South, and that Northern states and territories provided stops on the Underground Railroad for fugitive slaves on their way to Canada. In this paradigm-shifting book, celebrated historian Tiya Miles reveals that slavery was at the heart of the Midwest's iconic city: Detroit. In this richly researched and eye-opening book, Miles has pieced together the experience of the unfree-both native and...