The Dawn of Detroit: A Chronicle of Slavery and Freedom in the City of the Straits by Tiya Miles

The Dawn of Detroit: A Chronicle of Slavery and Freedom in the City of the Straits

Tiya Miles

336 pages first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history reflective slow-paced
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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 T...

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